ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS .1. AFFECTIVE-DISORDERS

被引:77
作者
AMBROSINI, PJ
BIANCHI, MD
RABINOVICH, H
ELIA, J
机构
[1] Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia
关键词
ANTIDEPRESSANTS; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS; TREATMENT EFFICACY;
D O I
10.1097/00004583-199301000-00001
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Part I of this review critically evaluates antidepressants' benefits for children and adolescents with affective disorders. The effectiveness of antidepressants is characterized with specific references regarding diagnostic methodology, measurement characteristics, response definitions, recovery rates, length of treatment, and plasma level monitoring. Antidepressants' efficacy for depressed youths is quite circumscribed, and their superiority to placebo remains unproved. Their intriguing lack of efficacy in affective disorders is discussed based on methodological issues and from a theoretical perspective. Clinical and research implications are presented.
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