People’s Pharmacy: Taper off antidepressant very carefully for teen patient
DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: Our 16-year-old son has been on venlafaxine for six months for depression. Now the doctor wants to ...
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Dealing With Depression: Antidepressant Skills for Teens
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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Teenage antidepressants 'doing more harm than good'
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 ...
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Should the FDA Reconsider Antidepressant Boxed Warnings?
“The concern about antidepressants must be considered in ... The most effective treatment for teen depression is a combination of CBT and a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, said Sakolsky.
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Antidepressants Are Hugely Helpful for So Many People—But Is It Safe To Take Them for Years (or Even Decades)?
People go on antidepressant medications for many different reasons. We call them antidepressants because traditionally, they were used to treat depression, but now this family of medications is ...