New statistics reveal that doctors in Scotland are treating dozens of children under the age of four for clinical depression. The Scottish Executive has confirmed that more than 150 pre-school children have been diagnosed. Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm revealed the numbers in a reply to a parliamentary question yesterday (11/02/02). A total of 300,000 Scots were treated for depression in 2000.
(BBC News Online 12/02/02)

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