UK: Britain To Ban Antidepressants For Children

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http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03.n1905.a04.html
The UK government is set to ban the prescription of antidepressant drugs for
children because of evidence they can cause them to become suicidal,

The
Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Guardian reported that after looking at details of clinical trials
carried out by drug companies in the 1990s, the MHRA has told doctors not to
prescribe all but one of the antidepressants known as selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

The exception is Prozac, which is licensed for use in depressed children in
the United States.

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1. They need more research on the effects of adult medications on

children. There is a lot of thinking about how the
kids that kill, many of them being on ritalin for
years and years and years, might be affected adversely
by these drugs and long term usage.