The effects of antidepressants on learning and emotional processing
19 February 2018
Study overview: 14 - 21 day treatment (depending on your availability) with the antidepressant Escitalopram or Placebo tablet.
The study will consist of three sessions
1. Screening session 1 hour-1 hour 30 mins
2. You will complete some behavioural tasks in and out of the scanner 2 hours 30 mins
3. After a 14-21 day course of Escitalopram you come back to complete the same tasks in and out of the scanner 2 hours 30 mins
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Ethical approval
This study has been approved by the UCL research committee (REF: 6198/002)
All data will be collected and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
About the researcher
Hi, my name is Siobhan. I am a Research Assistant at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL . We research emotion and learning processing in mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety
