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    No data on teens prescribed anti-depressants, says minister

    The Island's health minister says he doesn't know how many teenagers have been prescribed anti-depressants by their GPs - and Manx Care doesn't know either.

    In Tynwald this week, Lawrie Hooper faced a question from Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse about the number of 12 to 18 year olds prescribed such medication.

    It's after reports in the UK that more than a million children had been prescribed the drugs last year.

    Mr Hooper said the data wasn't available to answer the question:

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