Should Antidepressant Drugs Be Banned In Children?
Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:00 AM EST
... A review by David Cohen (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie) addresses a hot topic in clinical proctice: the prescription of antidepressant drugs in children and adolescents in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. European and US pharmaceutical agencies have recently warned against the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in child and adolescent depression. [click link for full article] ...
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