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...figuring out what to do has grown more confusing. One of the best tools for fighting depression is the so-called SSRI class of drugs, including Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft. But evidence has been mounting that these relatively safe medications might trigger suicidal thoughts in some kids. While there's no proof that the drugs have actually caused any suicides, British authorities pretty much banned everything but Prozac last December for children under 18. And in March, the FDA warned that anyone taking antidepressants, including Prozac, should be monitored for emotional agitation...
Then, two weeks ago, results from the first major government-sponsored study of SSRIs and children came in. It showed that Prozac is more effective for kids than a popular form of traditional talk therapy called cognitive behavior therapy--and that when combined, Prozac and therapy together are most effective...
...Prozac, at least, has clear benefits. But it probably has risks as well. "It's really understandable that people are confused," says Carol Glod, director of developmental studies at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. "We just haven't studied antidepressant drugs in kids enough to make many definitive statements." Part of the problem is that the brain chemistry of kids is different from adults'. Prozac works for both groups, but Paxil seems to work only for grownups. Kids, moreover, are amazingly responsive to placebos. While 70% of kids get better on Zoloft, for example, 60% improve on sugar pills...
...Prozac might have been invented for the Prozorov girls. Stranded in their Russian backwater town, the three sisters of Chekhov's play famously yearn for Moscow, their hopes for love and life all the while fading to gray. Perhaps the most in need of medication is youngest sister Irina, who clocks up dismal hours in the local telegraph office and whose loveless engagement to an army lieutenant ends when he is killed in a duel. With her limpid eyes and languid limbs, Rose Byrne was born to play Irina - as she did in a shrill but memorable Sydney Theatre Company...
...four most recent Harvard movies, including How High, Harvard Man, Stealing Harvard and Prozac Nation, all received one-star ratings and harsh critique. Apparently, unlike Harvard’s financial security (see “Endowment” for all the dirty details), the quality of Harvard movies hasn’t improved much over time...