The controversy continues: Does antidepressant use affect suicidality in depressed children and adolescents, and if so, in which direction? In 2003, researchers reported an association between increased use of antidepressants and decreased suicide in adolescents (Journal Watch Psychiatry Dec 2004, p. 93, and Archives of General Psychiatry 2003; 60:978). To learn more, the same research group examined data among all Medicaid patients, ages 6 to 64, hospitalized for depression during a 2-year period (1999-2000).