College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

Suicide is considered rare in non-depressed individuals but it occurs in between 5 and 15% of those suffering from depression.  The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) is recommended for assessing an individual patient’s suicide risk.  Suicide risk factors in children, adolescents and adults include untreated depression, psychosis, access to firearms. Additional factors that increase suicide risk in children and adolescents include maternal depression, witnessing suicide attempts or sexual abuse or experiencing sexual abuse or trauma themselves.  Cyber-bullying is becoming more recognized as a contributing factor to suicide in youth.

OBJECTIVE: To review the efficacy and safety of peramivir, an
unapproved neuraminidase inhibitor recently granted an Emergency Use
Authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the
treatment of 2009 H1N1 influenza in select patients.