This subject is a very controversal issue for everyone many people take these drugs and have not such side effects and then there are the unfortunate few who take them and have horrific side effect like suicide. But usually the patients that take these ssri drugs are already suffering from depression and might already have suicidal thoughts. People say well the medication didnt put the gun up to the persons head they decided to do that themselves with their own two hands. Others might say if they werent on the medication in the first place the gun might never have benn in their hand to begin with. So as you can see there are many different views of this situation. But as healthcare workers and family members of people taking these drugs we need to be very aware of the potential problems they might face, and be observant of sudden mood or personality changes as well as informing the patient of the side effects.