Research Explained

Antidepressants can help teens, but early monitoring is crucial for safe treatment.

Supporting suicidal teens requires flexible care, family involvement, and close attention to emotional progress.

TEOSS shows pediatric antipsychotic choice must balance symptom relief with long-term metabolic safety.

The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA) was a 14-month, federally funded, randomized clinical published in the Archives of General Psychiatry in December 1999.

In bipolar depression, antidepressants may not help — mood stabilizers alone often work best.

Lithium outperformed valproate in preventing relapse in bipolar I — simple often means stronger.

CBT helps social anxiety as well as meds — and its benefits last long after treatment ends.

After a heart attack, untreated depression nearly doubles death risk — treatment helps patients survive.

For childhood anxiety, CBT and medication help — but combination treatment works best.

A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry (January 2005) pitted Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) against clomipramine (a tricyclic antidepressant) and the two in combination.

Deep dive into the STAR*D Trials, which studied > 4,000 people on the steps to cure depression, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in 2004.