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It is highly unlikely that Ativan would be the sole cause of a completed suicide, as suicide has no single cause, said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.

“You want to have the right information,” says Dr. Robert Klitzman, "...the soap opera could have mentioned the company’s drug as an option alongside other treatments."

Suicide has proven to be a "stubbornly difficult threat to health," writes Dr. Mark Olfson. "Despite prevention efforts, the suicide rate in the United States has increased over the past decade.”

Dr. Bret Rutherford noted that while the new study is strong, it can't prove microvascular dysfunction causes depression later in life.