print email comment close Antidepressant Use in Children, Adolescents, and Adults URL: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/UCM096273 Description: In March 2004 "the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) request[ed] a Warning Statement in the labeling for certain antidepressants to encourage close observation of adult and pediatric patients treated with these agents for worsening depression or the emergence of suicidality." This site includes the public health advisory, background information on the Suicidality Classification Project, and questions and answers on antidepressant use in children, adolescents, and adults. Publisher: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Library of Congress Subject Headings: Antidepressants Depression, Mental Suicide LII Database Information: Record 2443 created by Maria Brandt on 03/23/2004 Last modification on 09/09/2009 Published: 03/23/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2443