A single antidepressant tablet makes a depressed person see the world in a more positive light just four hours after swallowing it, a new study has shown.
Dr Philip Cowen, professor of pharmacology at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, told delegates at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting in London that antidepressant medication starts to work far faster than most clinicians assume. [continue reading…]
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Depression is disabling a growing proportion of children, but evidence on treatment is disputed.
Andrew Cotgrove believes drugs are a vital part of the armoury but Sammi Timimi is unconvinced that they are helpful or safe.
Should young people be given anti-depressants?
Yes says Andrew Cotgrove, these drugs are a vital part of the armoury
No says Sami Timimi. He is unconvinced that they are helpful or safe.
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Source: BMJ.
Andrew Cotgrove is Clinical Director at Pine Lodge Young People’s Centre, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Chester CH2 1AW.
Sami Timimi is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8QA .
