Posted by Emily Elizabeth on October 1, 2005, at 0:18:07
In reply to UK Docs Told To Hold Antidepressants For Teens, posted by jrbecker on September 29, 2005, at 9:45:28
In general, I like it, but this part makes me nervous, "even for moderate-to-severe or psychotic depression." I have lots of faith in psychotherapy (I'm training to be a therapist!) but that sounds a little extreme to me. My concern is that the research hasn't been done at all with regard to kids who fall into that category, so we can't say that it would work, but we can't say that it wouldn't. There is disturbingly little research w/ kids and meds. Informed consent is such a sticky issue. Plus if you believed that your kid would benefit from meds would you want to put him in a study where he might get a placebo?
This is also interesting b/c it would never happen in the US. The drug companies have such power here. Scary really.
Best,
EE
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