Children and Psychiatric Drugs

Children and Psychiatric Drugs: Overdiagnosis Leading to Overtreatment:

TeenScreen’s Scientific Advisor Mark Olfson, MD says too many children are receiving powerful psychiatric drugs they may not need.…

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Pro-Active Screening Found More Effective

Screening programs may be more effective in identifying at-risk youth than traditional school-based student assistance programs (SAP), according to a…

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New Prevention Benefits and Teens

Free depression screenings for youth are among the prevention services covered in full under health care reform.

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News in Mental Health

Stigma of depression hard to overcome for Shawn Andrews

Fantasia faces reality after suicide attempt

Sleep Deprivation Helps Those With Depression

Esteemed Literary Journal Closes Office After Suicide

Executive Director Laurie Flynn discusses the importance of teen mental health checkups in Newsweek.

Checking In On Teen Mental Health

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