Depression is a serious illness that affects 20.9 million Americans a year. The most common method of treatment is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Previous studies have shown that SSRI efficacy is limited. This review of current clinical data combined with statistical analyses has shown that the efficacy of SSRI treatment in adolescents is even more limited. It also has shown that the specific interactions between SSRIs and the serotonin transporter are still poorly understood. -

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Sanders, Jeffrey M.

Subject

• Community
• Health
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042607-103545

Keyword

• Medical care
• Mental health

Advisor

• Wilcox, Jennifer L.

Year

• 2007

Sponsor

• Baldassari, Laura
• University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
• Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
• McLaughlin, Thomas

Date created

• 2007-04-26

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright