Best Antidepressants For Female Teens
A new report suggests that the debate over the suicide risks from antidepressant use may be doing teens more harm than good. Reporter Amanda Gardner discusses this controversy with doctors who believe early detection and treatment of aggressive and destructive behavior is still the key to preventing teen suicide.
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Treatment Resistant Depression: My Antidepressant Saga Continues
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Antidepressant Medications and Sudden Cardiac Death
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Antidepressants don't prevent smoking in teens with ADHD
Teenagers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who are taking Zyban or Wellbutrin do not have a lower risk of smoking, a study has found.... Read more »
Teen suicides rise as antidepressant use falls
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago say the change in labeling in 2003 that use of antidepressants increases suicidal thoughts and... Read more »
Teens should be screened for depression: experts
Experts with the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force are urging primary care doctors to routinely screen their teen patients for depression.... Read more »
Antidepressants may make tamoxifen less effective
Statistics show that many breast cancer survivors take antidepressants to help control the hot flashes brought on by the use of the drug tamoxifen, a... Read more »
Q&A: Can Antidepressants Interfere With Tamoxifen?
A breast cancer patient asks Dr. Mitchell Hecht if her antidepressant will interfere with the drug tamoxifen. According to Dr. H, SSRI drugs like... Read more »
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