title: Antidepressant treatment of caregivers of children with asthma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Depression is common in caregivers of children with asthma and is associated with increased emergency service utilization for the child's asthma.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This pilot study examined the impact of antidepressant treatment of depressed caregivers on the caregiver's depression and the child's asthma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight depressed caregivers of children with asthma were given up to 6 months of algorithm-based antidepressant therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Caregiver depressive symptoms and the child's asthma symptoms improved significantly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unscheduled clinic visits showed a trend toward significant decrease. Larger trials are needed to confirm these findings and identify mechanisms linking improvement in caregiver depression with improvement in their child's asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, USA. Sherwood.Brown@UTSouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: E Sherwood
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Vanthaya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Jala
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffress
authors.forename: Beatrice L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016642:Bupropion / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015283:Citalopram / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D016642:Bupropion; D015283:Citalopram; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors