DeeDee: The well-known increased risk of suicidal behavior in children and teens taking antidepressants is why I do not want my DD taking these medications. We have experienced self-harm talk from our DD (not in a long time, fortunately) and I do not want to mess around with this risk.

At this time, we believe DD's primary problem to be depression. The main RX prescribed for her age is Prozac:

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/depression/medicines/prozac.html

Further, though I have not done extensive research on this, I understand there is increasing evidence that the actual efficacy of Prozac may be significantly less than once thought.