Body Composition in Adolescents During Treatment With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

CONCLUSIONS:
Depression severity was associated with a decrease in measures of body composition in older adolescents over a mean of 1.5 years, whereas SSRI treatment was positively associated with these outcomes, with differential effects across treatment groups.

Source: PEDIATRICS - June 30, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Calarge, C. A., Mills, J. A., Janz, K. F., Burns, T. L., Coryell, W. H., Zemel, B. S. Tags: Psychiatry/Psychology Article Source Type: research