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Should kids take antidepressants?

These drugs usually do more good than harm; but more monitoring is needed.

A re-evaluation of clinical data suggests that although antidepressants do promote suicidal tendencies in a small percentage of children and adolescents — as widely reported a few years ago — the benefits of the drugs for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders almost always outweigh the risks.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on April 17, 2007 09:00 PM |

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