Antidepressant Prescriptions for Children Soar, Studies Find
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to two studies published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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Warnings that antidepressants might increase the risk of suicidal behavior in youth curbed rapid growth of these drugs but did not eliminate access to them among young people as some had feared, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Combining drugs with talk therapy works best in treating depressed adolescents, the first large study of its kind has found.
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A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a new study.
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Federal regulators say they&#39;ve reached a balance in treating depressed kids with antidepressants that can also be dangerous. The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring all antidepressants to carry its strongest safety alert.
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MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- While U.S. health officials consider imposing more warning labels on antidepressants used by children, experts recommend that parents make no treatment changes without consulting their child's doctor first.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Antidepressants such as Paxil and  Prozac should come with strong warnings that they raise the  risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some children and  teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. government medical  reviewer told an advisory panel on Monday new findings  confirmed his conclusion months ago that certain  antidepressants increase the chances of suicidal behavior among  children and teens.
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.    Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions found that the number of children taking antidepressants fell 18 percent in the first quarter and an additional 5 percent in the second quarter...
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Antidepressants such as Effexor, Zoloft and Paxil may increase the risk in children and teenagers of self-destructive behavior, ranging from talking about wanting to die to making an
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The UK has seen the fastest rise in antidepressant prescribing to young people, a study of nine countries finds.
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Media & professional: The number of prescriptions for antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs given to children under 16 has more than quadrupled in the last decade.
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Highly publicized government warnings that antidepressants could cause suicidal thoughts in adolescents may have scared off parents and doctors alike, meaning fewer depressed children are being diagnosed, U.S. psychiatrists say.
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Two to 3 percent of children treated with antidepressants had suicidal thoughts or behavior as a result of the drugs, officials said today based on the Food and Drug Administration's most comprehensive analysis of past clinical trials of the widely used drugs.
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For years, medical experts and desperate parents with teens suffering from depression have argued over the risks of prescribing antidepressants to minors, 520,000 of whom attempt suicide each year.
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NEW YORK  - A commonly used antidepressant  appears to help kids with social anxiety disorder, which causes  them to become extremely distressed by ordinary social  situations, new research shows.
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A Food and Drug Administration reexamination of data linking the pediatric use of some antidepressants to increased suicidal tendencies has once again found a connection, and the agency is