Should we prescribe antidepressants to children?

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 164-167

  Dubicka, Bernadka ^a   Goodyer, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 18744363704     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.29.5.164     Document Type: Article

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