Regional clozapine, ECT and lithium usage inversely associated with excess suicide rates in male adolescents

oleh: Adrian E. Desai Boström, Peter Andersson, Mathias Rask-Andersen, Håkan Jarbin, Johan Lundberg, Jussi Jokinen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

There are conflicting results on the effectiveness of pharmacologic interventions for suicide prevention in adolescence. Here, the authors show, in a retrospective registry study from Sweden during 2016–2020, that regional utilization rates of clozapine, electroconvulsive therapy and lithium in 15–19-year-olds were associated with lower excess suicide death rates in male adolescents