Abstract
Use of Antidepressants in Deliberate Self-Poisoning: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Drugs Used Between 1987 and 1997 in Lund, Sweden
Backman J~~Ekman C-J~~et al
A total of 909 patients admitted to hospital in Lund, Sweden after deliberate self-poisoning were investigated regarding psychiatric diagnoses & drugs ingested. In the whole group, there was no significant change in the rate of antidepressant overdoses between 1987-1990 & 1995-1997, but among females with mood disorder overdoses decreased from 43% to 22%. The proportion of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in self-poisoning was significantly lower than expected from sales figures. (32 refs.)