[Doogle]

.....anybody looking into who is issuing these scripts?....the doctors ?...brainwave benders?....just saying.

[Marchmain]

Doctors or N.P.s prescribe in thr office, typically. Unless parent takes kid to private shrink, clinic, etc. Probably only occasionally psych ward. The follow up is important. The charting of symptoms, thoughts, anxieties is critical. The patient should be seeing a counselor, doc, or someone about every 2 weeks. All this could have been prevented. Of course the parents must oversee meds. Cruz went off his a year ago.

Fii, these ssri-type medsare dangerous in teenage boys, another reason for strict supervision. They are not a controlled substance, but docs should keep an eye on teen at-risk male patient.