Researchers found that suicide rates in young people aged 10 to 19 in the UK decreased by 28 per cent between 1997 and 2003. The study showed that the steepest fall was among young men, where rates decreased by 35 per cent.
Despite the decline, however, suicide remains more common among young men and boys than young women and girls.
Dr Kirsten Windfuhr, from the Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester, said: "Although changes to antidepressant prescribing may have been a contributing factor, it is likely that a combination of factors, both clinical and socio-economic, will have contributed to the decrease in suicide rates."
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