Abstract
The Relationship Between Elderly Suicide Rates and the Affordability of Psychotropic Drugs
Shah A~~Bhatia G
In this letter to the editor, the authors discuss a cross-national study they did to examine the relationship between elderly suicide rates & the affordability of psychotropic medications. Contrary to earlier reports which found a decline in elderly suicide rates with an increase in prescription rates of antidepressants, an absence of correlation between the affordability index & elderly suicide rates was found in this study. Reasons for the contradictory results are discussed. (6 refs.)