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How do you monitor and discuss the sexual side effects of SSRIs with adolescents?

How do you address concerns for long-term sexual dysfunction related to starting SSRIs during adolescence?
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Psychiatry · Wayne State University School of Medicine
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Much of this depends on the individual adolescent. During my initial evaluation, I typically obtain a confidential sexual/relationship history with the adolescent. When completing an informed consent with a teen, I will refer back to this history and ask if anything has changed. I'll then frame the ...

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Psychiatry · Siu Psychiatry
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Without the parents in the room, I generally ask this question. I take the approach to warn the adolescent first by saying that I will be asking personal questions and explaining the reason why. Starting with explaining that one of the most common side effect of SSRIs include sexual side effects, be...

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