Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law

David Healy; Andrew Herxheimer; David B Menkes

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030372

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Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law

David Healy ,

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Andrew Herxheimer,
David B Menkes

Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law

David Healy,
Andrew Herxheimer,
David B Menkes

Published: September 12, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030372

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Pharmacogenomics

Posted by MaryWaye on 12 Feb 2016 at 01:33 GMT

I wonder if the adverse effects could be minimize if pharmacogenomics data were considered before the subjects are prescribed with these medications.

Competing interests declared: I act as a consultant to a pharmacogenomics testing company.

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