Questioning the Prescription: Antidepressants and the Medicalization of Childhood (opens in new tab)

This week Mad in America explores four recently published articles related to antidepressant use in children and adolescents. The first reports that although clinical trials have found little efficacy for the use of fluoxetine (Prozac) as a treatment for depression in children, clinical guidelines still recommend it. The second finds that persistent antidepressant use is […] The post Questioning the Prescription: Antidepressants and the Medicalization of Childhood appeared first on Mad In Ame...