A naturalistic study of suicidal adolescents treated with an SSRI: Suicidal ideation and behavior during 3-month post-hospitalization period

Résumé

textbfOBJECTIVE: Describe suicidal ideation and suicide related/other emergencies (SRE), among depressed and acutely suicidal adolescents during a 3-month period following psychiatric hospitalization. textbfMETHODS: One hundred twenty adolescents, who were both depressed and suicidal, were receiving an SSRI either alone or in combination with other medications, remained on a consistent medication regimen between baseline and at 3-months and their 3-month outcome data were available. The participants were divided into four medication groups: SSRI antidepressant only (n=71); SSRI plus mood stabilizer (n=17); SSRI plus antipsychotic (n=20); and SSRI plus antipsychotic and mood stabilizer (n=12). Standardized instruments were used. textbfRESULTS: Mean age=15.5+/-1.3