The revelation again underscores the dangers of antidepressants on the developing minds of teenagers. Venant received Zoloft despite its critical “black box” warning that there was an increase in the risk of suicide in children. She took her own life on Jan. 22, lives streaming it on the social media site.
Venant was the second suicide of a child in foster care within a two-month span. Her family says the deaths are evidence of the failure of privatized foster care. Venant was in the care of contractor hired by the Department of Children & Families.
The Herald noted that Venant is at least the second child in state foster care to kill themselves after receiving antidepressants.
Florida Department of Children & Families
Secretary Mike Carroll told the Herald that the agency doesn’t prescribe
medications for children in its custody, only doctors do.
George Sheldon, a former DCF secretary, said Venant
should not have been on a drug with a black box warning considering she
had no consistent caregiver.
Attorney Howard Talenfeld, who represents Naika’s mother, told The
Herald Zoloft was risky considering Naika’s instability “You have to be
very concerned,” Talenfeld said. “Naika went through 14 non-therapeutic
foster homes, and she was being prescribed very powerful psychiatric
medication. She could not possibly have been appropriately monitored.”http://palmbeachhealthbeat.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/03/27/facebook-suicide-antidepressants-doubled-for-teen-before-hanging/
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