Antidepressant treatment and risk of subsequent bipolar disorder in adolescents with unipolar depression
These findings do not support a causal relationship between SSRI treatment and risk of BD. Rather, they suggest that the apparent relationship between SSRI treatment and later BD may be a result of unmeasured confounding.
Authors
- Animesh Talukder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-3903)
- Colm Healy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7974-1861)
- Ioanna Kougianou
- Kirstie O’Hare
- Ian Kelleher
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- St John of God Hospital (AU)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-302146
- Primary Topic
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00