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Citalopram as adjunct to stimulant improves severe irritability
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30408
Subject(s) - irritability , stimulant , citalopram , adjunct , randomized controlled trial , methylphenidate , medicine , serotonin reuptake inhibitor , psychology , psychiatry , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , anxiety , antidepressant , linguistics , philosophy
Citalopram, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI), as an adjunct to methylphenidate, a stimulant, can help treat chronic severe irritability in youth resistance to stimulant treatment alone, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) has found.