Does treatment of depression in adolescent females differ from treatment of depression in adolescent males?
Unfortunately, we have very little information about the treatment of adolescent depression in terms of the most effective medications and/or therapy. There are currently only a few pharmacological studies of depression in adolescent samples and a few studies of psychotherapies. Although these studies indicate that both of these treatments are effective, they have not reported on gender differences in outcome. We do know that adolescent depression has more frequent comorbidity with conduct disorders and substance abuse in males and with anxiety disorders and eating disorders in females. A good direction for future study might well be to focus on devising treatments that address these differing comorbid conditions in the course of treating depression in adolescent males and females. Q: Do people develop a tolerance for an antidepressant so that the medication they take becomes less effective? A: People taking antidepressants over a period of time following an acute episode of depression
