Simple Test Identifies Suicide Risk from Antidepressants

Aimee Hunter, an assistant research psychologist in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry, and colleagues report that by using quantitative electroencephalographic (QEEG), a noninvasive measurement of electrical activity in the brain, they were able to observe a sharp reduction of activity in a specific brain region in individuals who proved susceptible to thoughts of suicide. The reduction was noticeable within 48 hours of the start of treatment.

Simple Test Identifies Suicide Risk from Antidepressants