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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Suicides among children and young adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, a year when concerns about the dangers of antidepressants triggering suicides were widely publicized, federal researchers reported on Thursday.
Regulators said they would check into whether the rise may have occurred when some people stopped taking antidepressants -- ironically because of links between use of the drugs and suicidal thoughts.
In 2004, 4,599 children and adults aged 10 to 24 committed suicide, the biggest rise in suicides in 15 years. Suicide was the third-leading cause of death in that age group, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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