Article Two Notes: "Youth Depression and Suicide."

Article Citation:

Docksai, Rick. "Youth Depression and Suicide." Futurist Vol. 43, No. 1. Jan/Feb 2009: 16-17. SIRS Researcher. Web. 27 Sep 2010.

• Medications to stop depression actually make many teens suicidal. (1)

• In 2005, companies became required to include warnings about young suicidal behavior in medicines. (1)

• Some experts worry that these warnings put teens in more danger because they go untreated because of their parents' fears of suicidal behavior. (1)

• "According to FDA data, a young person suffering  from depression is 15% more likely to commit suicide than peers not suffering from depression." (1&2)

• "...suicides of Americans under age 20 years old rose 18% between 2003 and 2004…" (1)

• Many people believe that black-box warnings just make it harder for depression patients to want help. (2)

• One option for treatment is to prescribe these drugs, but keep a close eye on the patient to make sure they don't start acting suicidal. (2)

• The link between anti-depressants and adolescent suicide wasn't drawn until 2003. (1)

• Most doctors say that there isn't a need for a change in the black-box warnings just yet, and that data in adolescent suicides needs to change more vastly before changes can be made. (2)

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