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Youth mental health team too free with drugs: audit

AUSTRALIA'S largest youth mental health service prescribed medication to a majority of depressed 15 to 25-year-olds before they had received adequate counselling, despite international guidelines advising against the practice. An audi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant-suicide link in youths absent in new analysis

In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression, suicide prevalent in Latino/a youth

During the gloomy months of winter after the holidays, it is easy to feel depressed. Depression can take many forms and can be spurred by different situations. Although a difficult subject to discuss, suicide can stem from depression and a [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Where is the youth at?

The News asked some teenagers to write about the issues that they feel about most. These are excerpts of the answers received.Daniyal Naqvi, aged 15, felt that rising crime rate has a very serious impact on teenagers in Pakistan, “It [...]