Study finds that “teen depression” increases risk of violence … so they should all be treated with more drugs that cause violence instead?

‘A recent study, led by Professor Seena Fazel of the University of Oxford’s Forensic Psychiatry Group in the U.K., and published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), has found that adolescents battling depression are more likely to commit violent acts.
While the actual increase in risk is relatively modest – 7.1 percent of those with depression are convicted of violent crimes, compared to 3.6 percent of those who are not suffering with depression – the medical community and mainstream media are likely to view the study as a greenlight to medicate even more young people with dangerous antidepressant medications like serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).’
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