Antidepressant Prescriptions By Pediatricians Have Doubled – FDA Analysis
Executive Summary
Antidepressants used by children and adolescents are increasingly prescribed by pediatricians, FDA reported at a recent advisory committee meeting on antidepressant-related suicidality in pediatric patients
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