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Lexapro For Kids: Unsafe, Ineffective, Approved Anyway with Psych RN David Wayne | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz

Lexapro For Kids: Unsafe, Ineffective, Approved Anyway with Psych RN David Wayne | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz14. Juli1 Std. 00 Min.

Send us Fan Mail “Safe and effective” sounds like a promise, but what if it’s just a marketing stamp pasted over weak benefit and loud safety signals? We sit down with psych nurse David Wayne (Describe Health on X) to dissect the Strawn et al. clinical trial that helped push Lexapro (escitalopram) for pediatric anxiety and to ask the question parents deserve answered: what does “works” mean if the child doesn’t actually feel better? We dig into how anxiety outcomes are measured using tools l...