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Only 1 out of 14 commonly prescribed antidepressants is effective in children and teens, and at least one is associated with an increased risk of suicide, a new study says.
The findings affect a small but growing number of U.S. families with children who have been diagnosed with depression. About 1.6 percent of American children and teens took antidepressants in 2012, the latest year when figures were available. Few may have been helped, according to CBS News, which reported on multinational research published June 8 in the medical journal The Lancet.
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