Following public health warnings a few years ago about the possibility that antidepressant drugs could make young people suicidal, the number of antidepressant prescriptions for children and teenagers declined in the United States and the Netherlands. During the same period, youth-suicide rates increased in both countries, raising concerns that the much-publicized regulatory efforts backfired, a new study finds.
A team led by biostatistician Robert D.
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