Effect of acute citalopram on self-referential emotional processing and social cognition in healthy volunteers.
Catherine HobbsSusannah E MurphyLucy WrightJames CarsonIndra Van AsscheJessica O'BrienMayowa OyesanyaJie SuiMarcus R MunafoDavid KesslerCatherine J HarmerKatherine S ButtonPublished in: BJPsych open (2020)
Participants administered citalopram showed greater prosocial behaviours, increased positive recall and increased positive learning of social evaluations towards others. The increase in positive affective bias and prosocial behaviours towards others may, at least partially, be a mechanism of antidepressant effect. However, we found no evidence that citalopram influenced self-referential processing.