FDA Black Box Warning for SSRI: Reexamining the Role of High-Functioning Autism as a ConfounderASDBlack Box WarningsSSRISuicideAutismIt is two decades since the start of controversy around the FDA's warnings of SSRI use in children and adolescents. A detailed review of these debates provides ...
ever since the black box warning of SSRI increasing suicides, prescription of SSRI decreased by 22%, while suicide rate increased 14% between year 2003-2004. In Netherlands, a 49% increase in suici...
The FDA required that a Black Box warning be placed on antidepressants in 2005, notifying doctors of this possible effect in kids younger than 18. In 2007, the FDA expanded the warning to include young adults up to age 24. To see how the warning might have affected treatment ofdepression, ...
Initially, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) announced that it did not support the issuance of black box warnings, stating that the data did not justify such a strong warning for antidepressants. However, soon after the FDA accepted the boxed warning, in...
About 47% of pediatricians disclosed that the SSRI black box warnings influenced them to change their prescribing practices.EBSCO_AspBrown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update
SSRI Prescribing Rates and Adolescent Suicide: Is the Black Box Hurting or Helping?The article explores the outcomes of the black-box warning issued by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the risk of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents who take antidepressants. It ...