Depression is a 'leading cause of suicide in young people, adds Dr Bernadka Dubicka, chair of the child and adolescent faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
'Studies of young people who have tragically taken their own lives have found that very few have been taking antidepressants.
'Antidepressants should not be used in mild depression, but in severe depression, they are an important option and can be life-saving.
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