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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Violent Crime: A Cohort Study |
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| Authors: | Yasmina Molero Paul Lichtenstein Johan Zetterqvist Clara Hellner Gumpert Seena Fazel |
| Institution: | 1Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;3Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America |
| Abstract: | BackgroundAlthough selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely prescribed, associations with violence are uncertain.ConclusionsThe association between SSRIs and violent crime convictions and violent crime arrests varied by age group. The increased risk we found in young people needs validation in other studies. |
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