Doctors Prescribing Antidepressants?
The Food and Drug Administration's warnings about the links between young people, suicide, and antidepressants are affecting the way doctors prescribe the meds, new research suggests. A report published in JAMA shows that the number of children and teens prescribed antidepressants is decreasing. Researchers also say that more of these prescriptions are now being written by psychiatrists than by primary care doctors.
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