Posted by SLS on February 7, 2007, at 5:40:45
In reply to Disturbing results, posted by Squiggles on February 6, 2007, at 6:54:29
> The FDA has just announced a large increase
> in child and adolescent suicide rates within a year, following the Black Box Warning on Antidepressants, and consequent decrease in antidepressant treatment. I saw the article in a Yahoo group (psychiatry-research) but the copyright of American Press prohibits redistribution.I have seen, repeatedly, statistics demonstrating a decline in the number of pediatric and adolescent suicides with the advent of SSRIs and the increased use of antidepressants. I just never elect to post them, and I elect not to search them out here. I find the generalized attack on these drugs to be ridiculous. If used properly, meaning under close supervision of a trained psychiatrist, antidepressants offer more safety than they produce suicidality.
- Scott
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