Anti-depressant reduces anxiety more than depression

Setraline, a drug prescribed as an anti-depressant, has little effect on depressive symptoms but cuts symptoms of anxiety finds research led by Professor Glyn Lewis and Dr Gemma Lewis (both UCL Psychiatry).

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