Antidepressant use among youths increases following fatal school shootings.

SCHOOL violence & psychology; COMPETENCY assessment (Law); MENTAL illness drug therapy; ANTIDEPRESSANTS; CHILDREN'S health; DRUG utilization; ELEMENTARY schools; HIGH schools; MEDICAL care costs; MEDICAL prescriptions; NARCOTICS; WELL-being; ADVERSE childhood experiences

While public attention is often focused on the victims of fatal school shootings, not much is known about how survivors fare in the subsequent months and years, and the impact of these events on the mental health of surviving youth, according to researchers of a new study published Dec. 16 by the National Bureau of Economic Research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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