title: Antidepressants and youth suicide in New York City, 1999-2002.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the proportion of youth suicides in New York City from 1999 to 2002 in which antidepressants were detected at autopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a medical examiner surveillance study of suicides in New York City among those younger than 18 years of age. The outcome measure is serum toxicology for antidepressants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 1999 through 2002, there were 41 individuals younger than 18 years of age among residents of New York City who committed suicide. Thirty-six (87.8%) had a serum toxicological analysis and an injury death interval of 3 days or less. There was one (2.8%) suicide in which both bupropion and sertraline were detected at the time of autopsy. Antidepressants were not detected in any of the other youth suicides.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The detection of antidepressants at autopsy was quite rare in youth suicides in New York City from 1999 to 2002.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. acleon@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Marzuk
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tardiff
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bucciarelli
authors.forename: Tinka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Markham Piper
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents