Tag: Antidepressants
Prolonged Antidepressant Treatment No Benefit in Bipolar I Disorder
No benefit seen for 52-week versus eight-week treatment for patients with bipolar I disorder with recently remitted depressive episode
Most Primary Care Pediatricians Appropriately Prescribing SSRIs
Pediatricians generally document appropriate indications for starting medication and prescribe without subspecialist involvement
Telemedicine Aided Depression Care During Pandemic
No adverse effects seen for antidepressant fulfillment; increases were seen in symptom screening
Antidepressant Augmentation Examined in Seniors With Depression
Improvement in well-being and remission seen with aripiprazole-augmentation of existing antidepressants
Evidence for Efficacy of Antidepressants for Pain Is Limited
In 11 comparisons, antidepressants were efficacious, but they were inefficacious or evidence was inconclusive for 31 comparisons
Antidepressants Have Small Benefit for Pain, Function in OA
However, total adverse events occur more often in patients receiving antidepressants versus placebo
Antidepressants in Pregnancy Do Not Affect Child Neurodevelopment
Only crude associations seen between risk for neurodevelopmental outcomes and exposure to antidepressants
Link Between Serotonin and Depression Questioned
Hypothesis that depression is caused by low serotonin not supported; some evidence shows decrease in serotonin with antidepressant use
Serotonergic Antidepressants in Pregnancy Not Tied to Neonatal Seizures
Maternal use of SSRIs, SNRIs in first trimester of pregnancy not linked to increased risk for neonatal seizures or childhood epilepsy in offspring
Antidepressants Not Tied to Long-Term Boost in Quality of Life
No improvement seen in physical or mental health-related quality of life
