A leading expert in psychiatric medication has said the growing prescription of antidepressants to teenagers is doing more harm than good. Prof David Healy questioned why they were being given the ...

Antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapy are the most effective treatments for adolescents with depression. Youth are at risk for the same adverse effects as adults but have an increased ...

And yet a new study from the journal Pediatrics found that teenage girls are taking antidepressants at a much higher rate than teenage boys, whose usage rate has actually declined during the ...

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Dealing with Depression is a workbook for teens that explains depression and teaches three main antidepressant skills you can use to help overcome or prevent it. The skills are presented in a ...

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The use of antidepressants is associated with sexual ... after the patient stops using the medication. "I've talked to teenagers who get this and it's devastating. There's no way to overstate ...

Nearly half a million more adults in England are now taking antidepressants compared with the previous year, according to NHS figures. The number of prescriptions for children and teenagers has ...