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Antidepressants are three times more numerous in children aged 10 to 14 today than in 2007. Image of archive.
Aftonbladet reports that the number of children aged 10 to 14 years receiving antidepressants has tripled in ten years.
According to National Health Council figures, compiled by Siren News Agency, 5,200 children aged 10 to 14 years received antidepressants in the course of 2017. Ten years ago, the corresponding figure was 1,700. For children under 10, the numbers tripled over the same period and 431 received antidepressants in 2017.
Göran Högberg, a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry, says research on the long-term effects of SSRIs on anti-depressants is inadequate. He wants the National Board of Health to change its guidelines.
– In some cases, the drugs have a positive effect. But research also shows that antidepressants, SSRIs, can cause suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. My opinion is that the guidelines are incorrect because the drugs have a harmful effect and serious side effects, "he told Aftonbladet.
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