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The target audience is "people on the fence about asking their doctor for Prozac".

Because this article is an ad for Prozac.

(disclaimer: this comment is not an ad for Prozac)

If you're not being sarcastic and this piece is a native ad, why would Prozac be targeting youths? Are the youths depressed?

The 'why' is to get people of all groups talking about it: youths, their friends, their parents, etc. A story doesn't have to be specifically about the audience to get them interested in it. I guess 'worried parents' would read about depressed youths, maybe even see their own insecurities in the stories told. They also likely have good health insurance which would cover the cost of all those brand-name medications listed.

Really? For me it had the opposite effect. It reads to me that the level of prescription is unnecessary and scary.

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