Study: Drugs, Therapy Best Treat Teen Depression
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Combining drugs with talk therapy works best in treating depressed adolescents, the first large study of its kind has found. But questions remain about suicidal behavior in children.
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WASHINGTON - All drugs used to treat depressed children should carry a "black box" warning of the antidepressants' link to increased suicidal thoughts and actions, says a panel of federal advisers.    The warning, among the strongest in the Food and Drug Administration's arsenal, should reach doctors no matter how they get drug information and would extend to drug advertising directed at patients...
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It was Britain's warning to physicians last year not to treat depression in young people with six antidepressant drugs that set off an international debate and gave impetus to U.S. health authorities who made ...
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Drug regulators should warn physicians and patients that antidepressants not only cause some children to become suicidal but most also fail to cure their depression.
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Use of antidepressants appears linked to a higher risk of suicidal behavior in some children and teenagers, a US advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Regular exercise may work as well as medication in improving symptoms of major depression, researchers have found.
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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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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. government medical  reviewer told an advisory panel Monday that new findings  confirmed his conclusion months ago that certain  antidepressants increase the chances of suicidal behavior among  children and teens.
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NEW YORK  - The best initial treatment for  children and teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is  cognitive-behavior therapy -- either alone or in combination  with an antidepressant like Zoloft -- the results of a clinical  trial show.
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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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A survey of more than 3,000 patients with symptoms of depression and anxiety found that those who combined drugs and talk therapy tended to fare better overall than those who opted for &quot;mostly drug&quot; or &quot;mostly talk&quot; therapy.
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Doctors are prescribing more antidepressants for children and adolescents although there is little evidence about their safety or efficacy in youngsters, researchers said on Thursday.
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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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BETHESDA, Md.  - All nine antidepressants studied  by regulators raise concerns about a higher risk of suicidal  behavior in children and teens who take the drugs, a U.S.  advisory panel said on Tuesday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Use of antidepressants appears  linked to a higher risk of suicidal behavior in some children  and teenagers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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Treating people with depression  -- by means of either medications or psychotherapy -- leads to  a drop in suicide attempts, according to a new report.
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Some local doctors are not thrilled with a national study on anti-depression. The Food and Drug Administration says drugs, like Prozac and Paxil, can increase the chances of suicide among children and teens.