Citation

Healy D. BMJ 2017; 358: j4196.

Affiliation

Hergest Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, Bangor LL57 2PW, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.j4196

PMID

28951398

Abstract

Adshead has missed the point of the BBC Panorama programme “A Prescription for Murder.”1 It did not attempt to prove that antidepressants cause homicide. Causality has been conceded by prosecutors, regulators, and companies. As early as 1983, Pfizer noted that antidepressants could cause aggressive behaviour.

Nor was it about whether sertraline caused Holmes to murder. Having spent time with him, I think that it did.…

Language: en