Pediatrician Poll: Antidepressants
56% say Tom Cruise was wrong about antidepressants.
by Babble Staff
March 2, 2007
"Prozac and many of the SSRIs have shown themselves to be safe. They can also help against postpartum depression. The benefit of allowing the mother-child bond to form properly can outweigh the negative. Many of my patients are on anti depressants." —
Erin Thelander, MD, FAAP. Brooklyn, NY.
"Safe is relative but, by and large, we don't want to take chances in those situations." — Charles I. Shubin, MD, FAAP. Baltimore, MD.
"It's a balancing act. If the mother needs medication it is much better for her to have it." — Patricia McGuire, MD, FAAP. Cedar Rapids, IA.
To obtain these results, we randomly called 300 AAP-approved pediatricians in 50 states, then tallied the answers of the 20 who called back.
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