New Doubts About Medicating Kids. Gregory M. Lamb.
by Lamb, Gregory M; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 30Family. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Antidepressants | Children -- Suicidal behavior | Depression -- Mental -- Treatment | Depression in children | Drugs -- Effectiveness | Pediatric psychopharmacology | United States Food and Drug AdmDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Personal tragedies and scientific evidence are combining to call into question the use of powerful antidepressant drugs on children and teens. Pressure has been building for months to ban or curtail their use. Recent scientific studies have found a link between the use of these drugs and suicidal tendencies among children. In December [2003], Britain banned the use of some antidepressants on patients under 18. The fallout from a hearing called by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week [Feb. 2, 2004] is ratcheting up the pressure for some kind of action on this side of the Atlantic." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the use of antidepressants by children and reports on the mounting pressure to ban or curtail their use.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: New Doubts About Medicating Kids, Feb. 5, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Personal tragedies and scientific evidence are combining to call into question the use of powerful antidepressant drugs on children and teens. Pressure has been building for months to ban or curtail their use. Recent scientific studies have found a link between the use of these drugs and suicidal tendencies among children. In December [2003], Britain banned the use of some antidepressants on patients under 18. The fallout from a hearing called by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week [Feb. 2, 2004] is ratcheting up the pressure for some kind of action on this side of the Atlantic." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the use of antidepressants by children and reports on the mounting pressure to ban or curtail their use.
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