Antidepressants podcast: comments on the latest ACP clinical guidelines

Essential Evidence Plus, formerly InfoPOEMs is a service by John Wiley and Sons that aims to give physicians succinct medical evidence that will impact in their medical practice.

In this podcast Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes (National Public Radio) discuss the POEM that analyzes the ACP guidelines (published in Annals of Internal Medicine) on antidepressants.

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Clinical question of the POEM: Of the new (non-cyclic) antidepressants, which one should be used first in patients with major depressive disorder?

You can download the POEM (PDF file)

 

 

Guidelines on antidepressants and related documents at Annals of Internal Medicine:

• Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
• Comparative Benefits and Harms of Second-Generation Antidepressants: Background Paper for the American College of Physicians