For nearly 17 years, since the FDA black box warning about suicidality with antidepressants, our community has been quoting data that downplays this concern. We were wrong. We were deceived. Antidepressants can be lifesaving, but there really is a duty to warn. In this episode, Doctors Martha Ignaszewski and Glen Spielmans talk with us about what went on and how to talk about it with our families.
Listen to my Carlat Psychiatry podcast
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/podcast/duty-to-warn-antidepressants-in-children-and-adolescents/
Guests:
- Dr. Glen Spielmans, professor of psychology at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Dr. Martha Ignaszewski, staff psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital and a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia
Published On: 3/1/2021
Duration: 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Related Articles:
- “Duty to Warn? Debating Antidepressant Suicidality,” The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report, Oct/Nov/Dec 2020
- Spielmans GI, Spence-Sing T, Parry P. Duty to Warn: Antidepressant Black Box Suicidality Warning Is Empirically Justified. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 13;11:18. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00018. PMID: 32116839; PMCID: PMC7031767.
- Ignaszewski MJ, Waslick B. Update on Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials in the Past Decade for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Child and Adolescent Patients: A Systematic Review. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2018 Dec;28(10):668-675. doi: 10.1089/cap.2017.0174. Epub 2018 Jul 31. PMID: 30063169.
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