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While Shields Promotes Antidepressants Use, FDA Warns of Suicide Risks

July 3, 2005

LOS ANGELES, July 3 /U.S. Newswire/ — On the same day Brooke Shields was featured in the New York Times (Friday, July 1) promoting antidepressant use for postpartum depression, the (FDA) was warning that adults who use antidepressants could be at risk of suicidal behavior and worsening depression. The FDA already requires "black box" warnings of suicide risks for all antidepressants prescribed to under 18-year-olds.

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