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January 21, 2004
 Preliminary
Report of the Task Force on SSRIs and Suicidal Behavior in Youth
This is the
Executive Summary of a Task Force report by the American College
of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) which evaluated the safety and
efficacy of SSRI1 antidepressants for depressed youth under 18
years. The report was undertaken after regulatory agencies in the
United States and United Kingdom voiced concerns in 2003 about the
possibility that treatment of depression in children and
adolescents with SSRIs may increase the risk of suicidal thinking
or suicide attempts. The ACNP Task Force emphasizes that its
findings and recommendations are preliminary because it did not
have access to all the data held by regulatory agencies and
pharmaceutical companies.
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