More antidepressants have been prescribed to adolescents in recent decades,and the adolescent suicide rate has gone down.This fact provides evidence that

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The fact that more antidepressants have been prescribed to adolescents and the adolescent suicide rate has gone down suggests that there is a correlation between antidepressant use in adolescents and lower suicide rates. However, it does not necessarily mean that antidepressants directly reduce suicide risk, that they are the treatment of choice for adolescent depression, or that other forms of therapy are not as effective as antidepressants.

More Antidepressants Have Been Prescribed to Adolescents in Recent Decades,and