More and more children are taking anti-depressants. What's going on?
There's been a huge rise in the numbers on these drugs since 2010 - but medics insist prescribing them is not done lightly, reports Ali Bracken
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Ali Bracken
Over the past 10 years, the number of children under the age of 11 being prescribed anti-depressants by their doctors has skyrocketed.
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