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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Mental health in children

Here is what looks like a good place to start.

Asperger Syndrome

ADD/ADHD - Behavior Problems

Learning Disabilities - Special Education



SSRI use in kids is under the spotlight here - Check this out and this and this.

And how about the FDA reviewer who looked at the mostly unpublished studies (which were submitted to the agency to win patent extensions)? Twelve out of 15 studies or 80 percent showed they were no better than placebo. No wonder the companies never published them. Why would anyone want to give their kid a drug that had even a remote risk of suicide if there was no proven benefit?

Antidepressant Medications in Children and Adolescents


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