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Are antidepressant prescriptions for teens rising too fast?

Her mother asks if we can increase the dose, since the first dose didn't work quickly enough. I look at her medication list, which is already longer than mine was at twice her age.

Are antidepressant prescriptions for teens rising too fast?

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Her mother asks if we can increase the dose, since the first dose didn't work quickly enough.

I look at her medication list, which is already longer than mine was at twice her age.

I find myself doing something I rarely do during a Read more… Are antidepressant prescriptions for teens rising too fast?

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Her mother asks if we can increase the dose, since the first dose didn't work quickly enough. I look at her medication list, which is already longer than mine was at twice her age. I find myself doing something I rarely do during a Read more… Are antidepressant prescriptions for teens rising too fast?

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She is fifteen and has been taking sertraline for three weeks.

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