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Kids, Antidepressants & Suicide: Could The Stats Cancel Each Other Out?<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/u> is a thoughtful blog post by a person who was apparently really helped by anti-depressant medication as an adolescent. Reading Dr. Gibbons’ article [Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior With Antidepressant Treatment<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a>], she asks, "Could The Stats Cancel Each Other Out?<\/font><\/strong><\/em>"  After reading it, I think that I’ll weigh on the debate, in spite of saying I wouldn’t [changing one’s mind is one of the great prerogatives of human life – way under-utilized]. <\/p>\n

We have before us a hypothetical kid, an adolescent who is very depressed. We’ve taken a careful history, looked in all the nooks and crannies for situations that might have something to do with the depression, and we’ve been unable to find anything we can help them do something about. In fact, we’ve decided that our hypothetical adolescent is too depressed to even be able to engage in an ongoing exploration of "why" she is depressed as is sometimes the case. Here’s what we know:<\/div>\n