Youth Depression and Suicide: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Treat the Former and Prevent the Latter

In this article Brent provides a rebuttal to 3 points raised by Healy regarding antidepressant treatment, namely: antidepressants are associated with an increased risk of suicide among young people; antidepressants are not effective; & antidepressants offer no protection against suicide as per pharmacoepidemiologic studies. (6 refs.)