Cooksey v. Landry

FINAL COPY

295 Ga. 430

S14A0926. COOKSEY v. LANDRY et al. THOMPSON, Chief Justice. Before he committed suicide in September 2012, twenty-two-year-old Christopher Landry for several years had been under the care of appellant Crit Cooksey, a psychiatrist. In August 2012, Dr. Cooksey prescribed both Seroquel and Cymbalta for Christopher, two drugs that contain a “black box warning” from the Food and Drug Administration which warns of an increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults and recommends that medical professionals prescribing the drugs monitor patients for worsening or…