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Antidepressants' benefits trump risks for kids (CNN)

This week on CNN:

"Story Highlights:

• Antidepressants' benefits in kids, teens outweigh small risk of suicidal thoughts
• Comprehensive analysis finds risk lower than the FDA identified in 2004
• Drugs did best on anxiety, moderately well on obsessive-compulsive disorders
• They worked less well, but were still effective in treating depression"

For the complete article, visit: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/04/17/antidepressants.kids.ap/index.html

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