Suicide Watch: Antidepressants get large-scale inspection

In the past 2 years, public and government concerns about a widely used class of antidepressant drugs have grown. There have been indications that these selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, may cause people to try to kill themselves. In March, the Food and Drug Administration instructed the makers of 10 such medications to include in their labeling a recommendation for close physician monitoring for suicidal tendencies.