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'The research compared modern antidepressants such as paroxetine, citalopram and fluoxetine, with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) – a type of talking therapy aimed at helping people change unhelpful ways of thinking and behaving.
It found both treatments worked more or less equally well for the initial treatment of people with moderate to severe depression. However, the study did not say if either treatment was effective at preventing depression from returning at some point in the future or who responds best to which type of treatment.
The authors of the review, which included 11 studies involving 1,511 patients, concluded that people should be offered a choice of treatment.'
'However, when looked at in its overall context, the study found only a small increased risk of a child developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – estimated to be less than 1 in 100 (0.72% of all births in this study).'