More than 1 in 10 Americans takes SSRIs -

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4. Suicide rates among children and adolescents went up when SSRI usage dropped :

"Conclusions: In both the United States and the Netherlands, SSRI prescriptions for children and adolescents decreased after U.S. and European regulatory agencies issued warnings about a possible suicide risk with antidepressant use in pediatric patients, and these decreases were associated with increases in suicide rates in children and adolescents."

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=98898



http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/developmentor/do_antidepressants_increase_the_risk_of_suicide_in_children_and_adolescents