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08/17/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Study finds that “teen depression” increases risk of violence … so they should all be treated with more drugs that cause violence instead?

A recent study, led by Professor Seena Fazel of the University of Oxford’s Forensic Psychiatry Group in the U.K., and published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), has found that adolescents battling depression are more likely to commit violent acts. While the actual increase in risk is relatively modest […]

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