Re: When the cure is as bad as the disease
Posted by Andy on Mar 22, 2004 at 22:06
(63.90.238.67)Re: When the cure is as bad as the disease (Cure for Gravity)
"Absolutely not. Child and adolescent depression affects 3% to 5% of children. It is a serious illness, but it is treatable. Antidepressants aren't the only treatment. But any person with depression -- adult or child -- should talk to psychiatrist about it. It's important to remember that 15% of untreated depression ends in suicide. To abruptly respond with panic is much more dangerous than the risk of staying on the drugs."
I'd be interested to see what percentage of children are in the pill culture over those that actually are clinically depressed.