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Antidepressants and suicidality

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    Ulrich Hegerl

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Hegerl, U. Antidepressants and suicidality. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256, 199–200 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-006-0611-4

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