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Studies Lacking Youth Antidepressant Effects Data?
New analysis finds much greater risk of aggression, self-harm
Most Antidepressants Aren’t Effective for Children, New Study Finds
Among 14 regularly prescribed antidepressants, a new study finds only fluoxetine, known as Prozac, is more effective than a placebo.
More than sad: Depression affects your ability to think
Depression can cause cognitive problems (for example, thinking through a solution to a problem). Antidepressants may not help much with these symptoms.
Can Psychologists Learn More by Studying Fewer People?
In a brief new Frontiers in Psychology paper, Matthew P. Normand argues that Less Is More: Psychologists Can Learn More by Studying Fewer People. Normand writes that the conventional wisdom – that a bigger sample size is better – is wrong. Repeated measurements of a few subjects, or even just one individual, can be more …
What Many People Don’t Know About Antidepressants
The Advice No One Tells You After You Start Antidepressants
"This is a post about the things that should be said when you first start antidepressants."
Why Do We Continue to Doubt Antidepressants' Efficacy?
Dr Jeffrey Lieberman on why 'lies, damned lies, and statistics' may account for the backlash against antidepressants.
How Can Adults Help Youth Thrive?
For the past 15 years, the Thrive Foundation for Youth has enabled leading researchers to explore the science of thriving, or what it takes to achieve one’s full potential. What they’ve found could turn the tide for millions of disadvantaged youth in America.
How to help youth currently in suicide distress
No one should ever ignore an adolescent who talks about feeling empty, hopeless or says they have no reason to live.
What's Up Doc?: Leveraging technology to improve mental health care for youth
There is a crucial need to improve mental health care for youth. While we need long term solutions and systemic changes, leveraging technology can help us provide better mental health care in the s…
A Fresh Look At Antidepressants Finds Low Risk Of Youth Suicide
A fresh analysis finds no increase in suicide among young people taking Prozac. The results add a wrinkle to the long-running debate over the safety of the medicines for the treatment of depressed young people.
Suicide rates for youth have risen dramatically. How can we reduce the risk?
Better access to social workers and mental health support within school systems would dramatically help reduce the risk of suicide for youths, researchers...
Study questions use of antidepressants for children, teens
Treating children and teens suffering from depression with antidepressants may be both ineffective and potentially dangerous, a new analysis suggests.
How do antidepressants work?
In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug was intended to treat depression at all— many doctors and scientists believed psychotherapy was the only approach to treatment. Neil R. Jeyasingam details the decades-long journey that followed and how it revolutionized our understanding of depression.
Antidepressants: 10 Shocking Studies Everyone Should Know
Do antidepressants work? What are the real side-effects? And more...
Surprising study that suggests you should take antidepressants
Dr Saeed Farooq, professor of psychiatry of Keele University suggested using antidepressants to counter depression is akin to taking Aspirin to ward off possible heart disease.
Antidepressants rapidly alter brain architecture, study finds
Lexapro, Prozac, Zoloft and other antidepressants have a rapid effect on the brain
