More than 950,000 antidepressants have been prescribed to children since April 2015 The number of antidepressants prescribed to children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has risen over ...

Antidepressants work best when their use is regularly monitored by a psychiatrist and the treated child is carefully observed by parents. Do children ever outgrow depression?

In recent decades, large increases have been reported in psychotropic drug use among children. These researchers, who previously investigated psychotropic drug use in preschoolers (Journal Watch ...

it is paramount to determine whether antidepressants taken by the mother are safe for the child's development. Investigators have reported that antidepressants taken during the first trimester of ...

"The fact that prescriptions for antidepressants are rising could reflect a slow but steady move towards treating everyone who is unwell. "But the importance of giving children access to ...