Say no to drugs.I wouldn't allow a child of mine to receive SSRIs for treatment of depression, unless that depression were truly crippling and my child required in patient care and a 24-hour suicide watch suicide watch n. A procedural tour of duty in a prison in which guards frequently check the cells of inmates suspected of suicidal tendencies. ("Prescription for Controversy" SN: 3/18/06, p. 168). The marginally lower effect of talk therapy alone, while presenting half the risk of committing suicide and imposing no unknown long-term pharmacological side effect, makes this decision a no-brainer to me. DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. P. VERNON, TUCSON, ARIZ ARIZ Arizona (old style) . |
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