The article argues that because of FDA warnings for adolescents on antidepressant meds, adolescent suicides have risen from 2004-present.
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In the US, the suicide rate fell to a very low level in 2000, and has risen to a rate since then that is normal for the past 80 years or so
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Here’s the increase broken down by age group (male and female) - adolescent suicides don’t rise as much as adults
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So it would be odd if an adolescent-specific factor (black box labeling) were driving the trend.
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Overall, prescriptions for antidepressants are way up since the suicide nadir in 2000
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Even prescriptions for children are up, despite the “sudden drop” the article mentions - the drop wasn’t sustained socium.uni-bremen.de/uploads/News/2
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Even there were a causal relationship between “depression” and suicide / antidepressant drugs and suicide, this isn’t evidence for it.
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did you just fucking imply that there’s nothing wrong with picking 2000 as a cutoff date
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