This article will no doubt be viewed as controversial. I write, as always, not to make statements but to make people think about issues we need to question. The recent media attention given to children and antidepressants has caused me to revisit a question I have been asking for some time. Given we know adverse effects of antidepressants include mental disturbance, suicide and violence and available studies suggest they add little long-term benefit; could prescribing psych