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The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles times report on a study. Anti-depressants have been popular in schools. There are whole industries that find another anti-depressant and pump it into public schools. There is very good reason. The reason is money. Generally, the taxpayer foots the bill for these expensive pills. A psychiatrist, or at least a medical doctor, must prescribe them. But studies don’t show that children learn any better.
The drugs do help children sit still better.
But the latest study shows they sit still no better with Celexa by Forest Laboratories Incorporated than they do with a placebo (a pill without any drug).