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Suicide rates up among US teens

Posted on September 03, 2008

Filed under: Teens & tweens, Health & safety, Medical conditions, Development, In the news, Playground bureau, Environment Suicide rates among the nation's youth continue to climb. Many experts fear the reason for this is due to fewer antidepressants being prescribed. After a fifteen-year decline the rates are climbing--what was seen as a possibly random increase in 2004 was repeated in 2005. The outcome of the study of 2004 and 2005 tracked outcomes based on actual instances from 1996 through 2003. After more than a decade of decline, suicide rates among those from 10-19 years of age skyrocke...

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antidepressants , children , depression , stress , teens