title: Initiating antidepressant therapy? Try these 2 drugs first.
abstract: When you initiate antidepressant therapy for patients who have not been treated for depression previously, select either sertraline or escitalopram. A large meta-analysis found these medications to be superior to other "new-generation" antidepressants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Gene
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Combs
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gavagan