Antidepressants Double Death Risk in Intensive Care

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Analysis of 10,568 critically ill patients’ records by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and MIT finds that those on antidepressants were almost twice as likely to die, though the correlation is not explained by the study. The research will be presented at this week’s American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco.

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open Dialogue, he works as part of a team and consults with couples and families that have members identified as patients. His work in residential treatment — largely with severely traumatized and/or "psychotic" clients — led to an appreciation of the power and beauty of systemic philosophy and practice, as the alternative to the prevailing focus on individual pathology. A former film-maker, he has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Harvard University, as well as an MFT degree from the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. He is a doctoral candidate with the Taos Institute and the Free University of Brussels. You can reach him at [email protected].

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