American Academy of Pediatrics: Rising Use of Antidepressants Among Young People Accelerated During and After Pandemic, Driven by Teenaged Girls and Women
February 27, 2024
February 27, 2024
ITASCA, Illinois, Feb. 27 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
Before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, antidepressant use was rising among adolescents and young adults. New research shows this rise not only continued but began to accelerate through and after the COVID pandemic, according to "Antidepressant Dispensing to U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: 2016-2022," in the March 2024 Pediatrics (available online Feb. 26). Resea . . .
Before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, antidepressant use was rising among adolescents and young adults. New research shows this rise not only continued but began to accelerate through and after the COVID pandemic, according to "Antidepressant Dispensing to U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: 2016-2022," in the March 2024 Pediatrics (available online Feb. 26). Resea . . .