Clinical characteristics associated with the prescribing of SSRI medication in adolescents with major unipolar depression
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Senior, Rob, Fonagy, Peter, Cousins, Lesley, Whitaker, Kirstie J, Widmer, Barry, Midgley, Nick, Byford, Sarah, Dubicka, Bernadka, Kelvin, Raphael, Reynolds, Shirley, Roberts, Christopher, Holland, Fiona, Barrett, Barbara, Wilkinson, Paul, Target, Mary and Goodyer, Ian M (2016) Clinical characteristics associated with the prescribing of SSRI medication in adolescents with major unipolar depression. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 25 (12). pp. 1287-1295. ISSN 1018-8827 (Print), 1435-165X (Electronic) (In Press) Full text available
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Abstract
Unipolar major depressions (MD) emerge markedly during adolescence. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) UK recommends psychological therapies, with accompanying selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) prescribed in severe cases only. Here, we seek to determine the extent and rationale of SSRI prescribing in adolescent MD before entering a randomised clinical trial. SSRI prescribing, together with their clinical characteristics was determined in 465 adolescent patients with MD prior to receiving a standardised psychological therapy as part of the Improving mood with psychoanalytic and cognitive therapies (IMPACT) clinical trial. Overall, 88 (19 %) had been prescribed antidepressants prior to psychological treatment. The clinical correlates varied by gender: respectively, depression severity in boys and self-harming behaviours in girls. Prescribing also differed between clinical research centres. Medical practitioners consider severity of depression in boys as an indicator for antidepressant prescribing. Self-injury in girls appears to be utilised as a prescribing aid which is inconsistent with past and current revised UK NICE guidelines.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Article first published online: 28 April 2016 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adolescents, Depression, Antidepressants, SSRIs, Risk, Self-harm |
| Subjects: | Children, Young People and Developmental Pyschology > Adolescents - Psychiatry Disabilities & Disorders (mental & physical) > Self Harm Disabilities & Disorders (mental & physical) > Depression |
| Department/People: | Children, Young Adult and Family Services |
| URI: | https://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/id/eprint/1292 |
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