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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

349 questions · 364 findings · 37 reviews

No studies found 96 · 26.4%GRADE not reported 8 · 2.2%Very low 105 · 28.8%Low 94 · 25.8%Moderate 46 · 12.6%High 15 · 4.1%

Antidepressants vs placebo at 12 months' follow‐up

Overall drop‐out rates (excluding deaths) at 12 months · older people in remission from depression

Antidepressant medication showed no clear difference in overall drop‐out rates (excluding deaths) at 12 months compared with placebo at 12 months' follow‐up (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Second generation antidepressant vs placebo medication

Remission or response (as defined in trial) · patients with depressive disorders in children and adolescents

Second generation antidepressant probably leads to higher remission or response (as defined in trial) compared with placebo (by medication) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Second generation antidepressant vs placebo medication

Suicide‐related outcomes Timing of outcome assessment: end of treatment (6 to 12 weeks treatment duration) · patients with depressive disorders in children and adolescents

Second generation antidepressant may leads to higher suicide‐related outcome compared with placebo (by medication) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antidepressants vs treatment

Dropout · women of any age, with PND up to 12 months

It is very uncertain whether antidepressants changes treatment acceptability ‐ dropouts (early phase, < 5 weeks) compared with treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review