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Suicidality in adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications and the black box label: Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 36Issue 1p92–93Published in issue: January, 2005- James Lock
- Leslie R. Walker
- Vaughn I. Rickert
- Debra K. Katzman
Cited in Scopus: 25Recent attention has focused on the use of antidepressant medications in the treatment of depression in children and adolescents. The United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required manufacturers to include a “black box” warning label on antidepressants that alerts health care providers and consumers to an increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and adolescents being treated with these medications (FDA Public Health Advisory: Suicidality in Children and Adolescents Being Treated with Antidepressant Medications.