The tables below are comprised of adverse reactions to psychiatric drugs that have been reported to the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (MedWatch) between 2004 and 2008. The table below is comprised only of the drugs that were reported as the Primary Suspect Drug (the drug suspected of causing the adverse reaction in the patient). It is important to keep in mind that by the FDA's own admission, only 1-10% of side effects to prescription drugs are ever reported to the FDA, so the numbers/tables below are low in comparison to the actual side effects occuring in the general population.

The Rpt'd By column lists the occupation of the individual who reported the drug reaction using these abbreviations: CN-Consumer, LW-Lawyer, MD-Physician, OT-Other Healthcare Provider, PH-Pharmacist. Where the Rpt'd By or Indications field is blank, that information was not present in the FDA report.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a poison as "a substance that causes death or harm when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism." These psychiatric drugs fit that definition.