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Anti-depressant deaths increase (UK)
BBC story - "A popular anti-depressant has been linked with growing numbers of suicides and accidental overdoses, statistics show. Between 1993 and 2002, 118 people in England and Wales taking venlafaxine (Efexor) died - 17.6 deaths per million prescriptions. Although the rate is still lower than that associated with old-generation tricyclic drugs, it is rising, while the rate for tricyclics is falling. The figures were collected by the National Audit Office." See also the related story at The Guardian, Anti-depressant's link to suicide. The full study is available in the autumn issue of Health Statistics Quarterly (Adobe Acrobat format).  
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Mental health patients at risk from new legal rights (UK)
Story in The Herald - "Fears that shortages of staff and secure units will threaten new legal rights for mental health patients have been raised by one of Scotland's leading experts on the issue. Dr Sandra Grant, former chief executive of the Scottish Health Advisory Service, has spoken out after investigating Scotland's preparation for the new legislation."  
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