Letters to the Editor
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boys and girls are different
It's incredibly tragic when a teenager of EITHER sex kills him/herself.
However, it makes sense to study SSRIs effects on boys vs. girls vs. men vs. women. Males and females have different hormones and chemicals running around their systems. Both male and female hormones, in the wrong amounts, can effect things like mood and rage levels. And teenagers' hormones are all out of whack for a couple of years.
Is it that far of a leap to say that, due to their different chemical compositions, men, women, boys, and girls will all be effected by SSRIs differently?
(I'm not knocking SSRIs here. Like any medicines, they're lifesavers for many people, dangerous for others. Were I to inject myself with insulin four times a day, I'd probably end up very ill in the hospital before too long. But I have friends who have to do just that to stay alive.)