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Anchor lead:  A leading class of antidepressants may be helpful for kids after all, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a kid with depression, chances are good no care provider wants to give you an SSRI, the most effective class of …

May 13, 2015 – SSRIs and Kids Read more »

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Anchor lead: A gradual approach to using antidepressants in kids may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports SSRI medications do help manage depression, but they take some time to work, and for kids, may initially aggravate rather than help mood instability.  Now …

May 12, 2015 – Titrating Meds Read more »

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Anchor lead: A new discovery could help more kids who are depressed, Elizabeth Tracey reports Using medications known as SSRIs to treat depression in the young declined markedly when the FDA issued what’s called a black box warning some time …

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