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Depressed youth, suicidality and antidepressants

Joseph M Rey and Michael J Dudley
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (5): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07040.x
Published online: 5 September 2005

Joseph M Rey,* Michael J Dudley


  • 1 Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, PO Box 142, North Ryde, NSW 1670.
  • 2 University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW.


Correspondence: jrey@mail.usyd.edu.au

Competing interests:

Joseph Rey was a member of the advisory committee for Strattera (Eli Lilly) and Concerta (Janssen-Cilag) and was funded by Eli Lilly to attend an international conference. Michael Dudley attends Pfizer-sponsored peer review dinners, and has (before the recent debates about drug company gifts) received bags, pens, and a CD.

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  • 5. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Clinical guidance on the use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents. Available at: http://www.ranzcp.org/publicarea/pracguid.asp (accessed Jun 2005).

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