Reply #12: Suicide risks

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are also much higher in those who undergo psychotherapy -- I imagine that the increased risk of violence would be there if it were studied.

Anything that causes a semi-catatonic depressed person to be slightly less depressed, will increase the chance of suicide until they are no longer severely depressed.

Violence I would assume is similar -- the person still has the thoughts of hurting others, but now can get the sustained motivation to actually do something about it. In addition, any antidepressent will potentially send a previously undiagnosed bipolar person into a manic / dysphoric state, which will greatly increase aggression.

The real question is, whether this drug is any worse than any of the other available treatments.