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  A Clinical Trial sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Please note that this study is now closed. Nonetheless, we will leave the site running for historical purposes, and will leave a link to the study results when they become published.

To all those youth and families that participated in the study, and who made a difference in helping us learn more about the treatment of depression, we sincerely thank you!

The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is offering a treatment study for adolescents with major depression.

If you are between 13-18 years of age and have the following symptoms (which are a change from your normal self), you might be eligible for our study:

• Depressed or irritable mood most of the day, nearly every day
• Loss of interest or pleasure in life or activities
• Loss of appetite or weight, nearly every day
• Troubles sleeping, or increased need for sleep, nearly every day 
• Fatigue or loss of energy, nearly every day
• Troubles concentrating or thinking, nearly every day

Participants would NOT be eligible if they:

• Are having problems hearing voices, or seeing things that others cannot see
• Are having significant problems with alcohol or street drug use
• Are currently pregnant
• Have ever been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or manic depression
• Have been on the medication Citalopram (Celexa) in the past

If you do meet some of the Eligibility Criteria above, you might eligible to participate in a study being conducted at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) whose purpose is to explore the safety, effectiveness, and length of treatment of an antidepressant treatment. Eligibility would be determined following a meeting and assessment by a trained professional, in supervision with a CHEO staff psychiatrist. Adolescents who are found eligible would then qualify for the study and receive treatment for their depression.

For more information

For more information, please contact our Research Coordinator, Risa Mallory, 613-737-7600, ext.3673.

Disclaimer: This web site describes a CIHR-funded multi-center trial on the treatment of adolescents with depression. If you are a youth seeking immediate help for treatment of depression, we recommend that you contact your parents, family physician, guidance counselor, teacher, or your nearest emergency room. This web site is not set up to provide help or advice to individuals about their depression, nor to family members or friends of individuals with depression. Nevertheless, we hope that you will find this web site helpful, and encourage you to explore the link to additional resources in the Ottawa area.

Last updated 2004-Dec-19.

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