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Antidepressants' Black-Box Warning — 10 Years Later

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Friedman, Richard A.·2014·New England Journal of Medicine

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In 2004, the FDA issued a black-box warning linking antidepressants to an increased risk of suicidal thinking, feeling, and behavior in young people. But some worrisome trends suggest that the warning may inadvertently discourage appropriate treatment of depression.

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  • Slight impairments in executive control and memory may remain after remission in MDD.

    “slight impairments in executive control 207,210 and memory 207 may remain”

    From Major depressive disorder (2016) · cites this paper as [207]

    The passages from “Antidepressants’ Black-Box Warning — 10 Years Later” discuss antidepressant warnings, prescribing, and depression diagnoses, not cognition after remission. Searches for executive control, memory, and cognitive impairment after remission found no passage addressing the claim; page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.77)

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  • Executive function, memory, and attention are the predominantly affected cognitive domains in MDD.

    “One meta-analysis identified executive function, memory, and attention as the predominantly affected domains 207 .”

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    The available passages from “Antidepressants’ Black-Box Warning — 10 Years Later” (page unavailable) discuss antidepressant warnings, depression diagnoses, prescribing, and suicidality. Searches for executive function, memory, attention, and cognitive domains found no passage addressing which domains are predominantly affected in MDD; the meta-analyses discussed concern suicidality instead. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  • Cognitive deficits are more modest after remission in euthymic patients with MDD.

    “Although the cognitive deficits are more modest after remission (i.e. in euthymic patients with MDD)”

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  • The meta-analysis which led to the black box warning showed that rate of suicidal thinking or suicidal behavior was 4% among patients being prescribed an antidepressant, as compared with 2% among those being taken placebo.

    “Moreover, the meta-analysis which lead to the black box warning in fact showed that rate of suicidal thinking or suicidal behavior was 4% among patients being prescribed an antidepressant, as compared with 2% among those being taken placebo.58”

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Authors
Friedman, R. A.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
Corresponding author
Friedman, Richard A.
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2014-10-30
Volume
371
Issue
18
Pages
1666-1668
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2006985105
Cited by
171
References
5
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 1
FWCI
14.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
antidepressants, black box warning, suicide risk, FDA drug labeling, treatment underuse, depression treatment
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antidepressive Agents, Child, Depressive Disorder, Drug Labeling, Drug Utilization, Humans, Risk Factors, Suicide, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Government Regulation

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