HC Deb 14 May 1996 vol 277 c417W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the relationship between individual anti-depressant drugs and suicide deaths; and if he will make a statement. [28692]

Mr. Bowis

We commissioned and evaluated an effectiveness bulletin, "The Treatment of Depression in Primary Care", which includes reference to 1990 data on death rates by poisoning from anti-depressant drugs. Copies of the bulletin are available in the Library.