Your Friend Asks for Your Advice

Your friend asks for your advice. Her 12-year-old daughter is clinically depressed and has been voicing suicidal thoughts. She wants to know if you think an antidepressant would be a good idea. You correctly advise her that

A) antidepressants are not prescribed for children as young as her daughter..
B) such medications carry an increased risk of suicide for young people.
C) suicidal thoughts hardly ever translate to suicidal behavior, and it's better not to shine a spotlight on them.
D) the medication is more likely to prevent a possible suicide than to cause it.