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Chapter 1.

Introduction

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Antidepressants: A Suicidal Risk?

Author: Ronald J. Comer

Princeton University

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1.1 Antidepressants: A Suicidal Risk?

This video looks at the controversy concerning the risk of suicide in young people who take antidepressant drugs. First, the video features a 2004 television news report announcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to add “black box” warnings to antidepressant medications—warnings that alert users to a link between antidepressant drug use by some children and suicide. Next the video features a later news report about a study suggesting that the benefits of antidepressants for children outweigh their risks.

1.2 Check Your Understanding

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1. Research suggests that antidepressants may increase the risk of suicide in as many as ________ percent of children who take them.

2. Critics of the “black box” warning worry that ____________.

3. Critics of the “black box” warning argue that, according to research, ____________.

4. According to the textbook and video, ______________.

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