I Wish I Was A Little Bit Taller - Antidepressants and Reduced Height in Kids

What we don't know might be making us less likely to be a baller

The Frontier Psychiatrists is reporting live from AACAP 2024! This article is very on brand given my book, Inessential Pharmacology. (amazon link)

Do antidepressants have adverse effects in kids your author didn't know about yet? As it turns out…yes. It is ironic, given my “Muir-Skee Lo Emotionally Corrective Equation” argument…which, to be concise, is that height difference is an excellent way to explain “size of difference?”

Well, SSRIs and other antidepressants seem to be making kids shorter. Yes. I know. I know. We have already addressed the antidepressants make you obese” problem, but the “Short and Fat” at once is a real kick in the teeth for kids. Let’s review the data…mostly presented in pictures.