摘要
Professor Du has provided a succinct summary of child and adolescent depression and its treatment with antidepressants. [1] There remains some controversy over the prevalence of depression in children and adolescents: Professor Du reports that 20% of individuals experience depression prior to the age of 18 while other epidemiological reports indicate that the rate is closer
Professor Du has provided a succinct summary of child and adolescent depression and its treatment with antidepressants,tll There remains some controversy over the prevalence of depression in children and ad- olescents： Professor Du reports that 20% of individuals experience depression prior to the age of 28 while other epidemiological reports indicate that the rate is closer to 17%. But this difference in rates is relatively small and may be due to methodological differences in the studies. As noted by Professor Du, suicidal ideation may increase in depressed children and adolescents who receive antidepressant treatment, but the rates of suicidal acts do not appear to increase. Overall, the beneficial effects of antidepressants, at least among depressed teenagers, appear to outweigh the risks.
出处
《上海精神医学》
2013年第1期50-51,共2页
Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry
基金
supported in part by gifts from the Brock Family Fund and from the Realan Foundation to W. E. Craighead
