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Fluvoxamine for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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BACKGROUND: Drugs that selectively inhibit serotonin reuptake are effective treatments for adults with mood and anxiety disorders, but limited data are available on the safety and efficacy of serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in children with anxiety disorders. METHODS: We studied 128 children who were 6 to 17 years of age; who met the criteria for social phobia, separation anxiety disorder, or generalized anxiety disorder; and who had received psychological treatment for three weeks without improvement. The children were randomly assigned to receive fluvoxamine (at a maximum of 300 mg per day) or placebo for eight weeks and were evaluated with rating scales designed to assess the degree of anxiety and impairment. RESULTS: Children in the fluvoxamine group had a mean (+/-SD) decrease of 9.7+/-6.9 points in symptoms of anxiety on the Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (range of possible scores, 0 to 25, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety), as compared with a decrease of 3.1+/-4.8 points among children in the placebo group (P<0.001). On the Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement scale, 48 of 63 children in the fluvoxamine group (76 percent) responded to the treatment, as indicated by a score of less than 4, as compared with 19 of 65 children in the placebo group (29 percent, P<0.001). Five children in the fluvoxamine group (8 percent) discontinued treatment because of adverse events, as compared with one child in the placebo group (2 percent). CONCLUSIONS: Fluvoxamine is an effective treatment for children and adolescents with social phobia, separation anxiety disorder, or generalized anxiety disorder.

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Authors
Walkup, J. T., Labellarte, M. J., Riddle, M. A., Pine, D. S., Greenhill, L., Klein, R., Davies, M., Sweeney, M., Abikoff, H., Hack, S., Klee, B., McCracken, J., Bergman, L., Piacentini, J., March, J., Compton, S., Robinson, J., O'Hara, T., Baker, S., Vitiello, B., Ritz, L., & Roper, M.
Affiliations
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Duke University (US)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2001-04-26
Volume
344
Issue
17
Pages
1279-1285
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2330595721
Cited by
588
References
42
Citations by year
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FWCI
73.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Brown University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • York University
  • National Institutes of Health (n01mh060005-010, n01mh060016-007, n01mh070010-001)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • National Institute of Mental Health (N01 MH 70010, N01 MH60005, N01MH60016)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
fluvoxamine, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, childhood anxiety disorders, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, children and adolescents, drug safety and efficacy, adverse events
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety, Separation, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Phobic Disorders, Psychotherapy, Anti-Anxiety Agents, Fluvoxamine, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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