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Autism Again Linked to Antidepressants

A new study has been published linking prenatal use of antidepressants to autism spectrum disorders, CNN reports: Children whose mothers take Zoloft, Prozac, or similar antidepressants during pregnancy are twice as likely as other children to have a diagnosis of … Continue reading

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Study: One Quarter of Antidepressant Users Never Diagnosed With Depression, Anxiety Disorders

A study released by the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry that reveals some shocking statistics about the manner in which antidepressants are prescribed in the United States. From Reuters: More than a quarter of Americans taking antidepressants have never been diagnosed with … Continue reading

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New Autism Test for Infants

There is a new study out concerning early detection of autism: Researchers believe that analyzing how a child’s brain works while they are an infant may suggest various risk factors of whether or not an autism disorder may develop. For … Continue reading

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Are Antidepressants Causing Autism?

I wondered earlier this week if there was a link between autism and the mother’s history of antidepressants, or if researchers have ever considered this hypothesis. The Google results were… interesting. For one thing there was very little research I … Continue reading

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