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AMA Delegates Approve Fair Prescribing Policies


 

Responding to the highly publicized alleged link between antidepressant use and suicidal tendencies in children and young adults, delegates adopted language to promote the education of physicians about the appropriate use of such medications in these age groups. In addition, the AMA should endorse efforts to train additional qualified clinical investigators in pediatrics, child psychiatry, and therapeutics to carry out studies related to the effects of psychotropic drugs in children, adolescents, and young adults.

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