The efficacy of citalopram or escitalopram in patients with asthma and major depressive disorder.

Background: Major depressive disorder is common in people with asthma. Yet, few studies have evaluated depression treatment in those with asthma.

Objective: To explore the relationship between antidepressant use, depressive symptoms, and asthma control, pooled data from 3 randomized trials of either citalopram or escitalopram were assessed.

Association of serotonin reuptake inhibitors with asthma control.

Clinical trials demonstrated that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) can improve asthma control in patients with comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and that this effect may be greater than the effect of SSRIs on depression. These findings suggest that SSRIs may improve asthma control in patients without MDD. The current retrospective study examined the effect of SSRIs and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) on asthma control in adult patients.

Making Meaning of Surviving the Oklahoma City Bombing Seven Years Later.

: No previous studies examined how survivors made meaning (i.e. interpreted the personal significance) of a disaster experience after seven years.