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SSRIs, aggression and suicide – a cause for concern or the result of media hype?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Brian E Leonard
Brian E Leonard*
Affiliation:
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; Brain Research Institute, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 40 - 42
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