Leave the kids alone

摘要

In 1992, the ‘Defeat Depression’ campaign set out to educate GPs and the public about depression and the availability of treatment for it.1 In 2001, the follow-up ‘Changing Minds’ campaign urged doctors to be alert to the diagnosis of depression ‘at any age, even among children and young people’.2 Both campaigns were backed by the Royal Colleges of Psychiatrists and GPs, by the Department of Health — and by drug companies producing antidepressants.