Major depressionis a change in mood that lasts for weeks or months. It is one of the most severe types of depression. Major depression usually involves a low or irritable mood and/or a loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities. It interferes with the person's normal functioning. The...
What are the symptoms of depression? Depression can strike at any time, but on average, it first appears during the lateteensto mid-20s. Symptoms must last at least two weeks for depression diagnosis. Common symptoms seen in patients with depression: Sadness. Loss of interest or pleasure in ...
CHICAGO -- Esciralopram, a recently approved antidepressant that contains the stereoisomer responsible for citalopram's serotonin reuptake inhibition, was more effective than the older drug in severe depression, Dr. Jack M. Gorman reported in a poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association...
The researchers found that in 82 percent of cases, PCPs documented reasons for starting an SSRI at the medication visit, with the most common reason being clinical change (57 percent). At one of the three visits reviewed, 30 percent of patients had documented involvement of developmental-behavior...
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Mad in America hosts blogs by a diverse group of writers. These posts are designed to serve as a public forum for a discussion—broadly speaking—of psychiatry and its treatments. The opinions expressed are the writers’ own. Previous articleSSRI Antidepressants Do Not Improve Depression After a...
Antidepressant drugs of the SSRI and SNRI families are safe for PWE and should be used at therapeutic doses for the management of depressive and anxiety disorders. Antidepressants can cause seizures at toxic doses, and only four drugs have revealed proconvulsant effects at therapeutic doses: clomi...
given Prozac’s limited effectiveness in treating depression. Thirty years of double blind studies reveal that depressed patients who take Prozac have an average response rate of 38-40%. In fact, statistical analysis of all randomized controlled trials reveal that all SSRI’s (i.e. Prozac, Zolof...
In a meta-analysis of 6 RCT's using SSRI's and SNRI's (paroxetine, fluoxetine, venlafaxine and citalopram) a combined weighted mean difference in number of hot flashes per day was -1.13 (95% confidence interval, -1.70 to -0.57). This difference was even greater when looking specifically ...