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Psychotropic and other medicine use at time of death by suicide: a population-level analysis of linked dispensing and forensic toxicology data.

Kate M ChittyNicholas A BuckleyJessy LimZein AliJennifer L SchumannRose CairnsBenjamin DanielsSallie A PearsonDavid B PreenAndrea L Schaffer
Published in: The Medical journal of Australia (2023)
A considerable proportion of people who died by suicide were not taking psychotropic medicines recently dispensed to them, suggesting non-adherence to pharmacotherapy, and a smaller than expected proportion were using antidepressants. Conversely, medicines that had not recently been dispensed were detected post mortem in many people for whom poisoning with medicines was a contributing factor, suggesting medicine stockpiling.
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