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Using quasi-experimental methods, we estimated the causal relationship between the treatment of adolescent depression with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and the risk of later psychosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0924933825100503_sec2\" sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We used data linkage from multiple national Finnish registries for all individuals (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 697,289) born between 1987 and 1997 to identify depression diagnosed before age 18, cumulative SSRI treatment within three years of diagnosis, and diagnoses of non-affective psychotic disorders by end of follow-up (age 20\u201329). We used instrumental variable analyses, exploiting variability in prescribing across hospital districts to estimate causal effects. Analyses were conducted using two-stage least squares modelling. Sensitivity analyses examined effects stratified by confounders and effects of specific SSRIs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0924933825100503_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Our final sample included 22,666 individuals diagnosed with depression in adolescence, of whom 60.2% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 13,650) had used SSRIs. 10.7% of adolescents with depression went on to be diagnosed with a non-affective psychotic disorder. SSRI treatment for adolescent depression was not associated with a reduced risk of developing a psychotic disorder (one-year\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2 =<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.04,CI:\u22120.01 to 0.09; two-years\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2 =<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.02,CI:\u22120.06 to 0.09; three-years\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2 =<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u22120.02,CI:\u22120.08 to 0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0924933825100503_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our quasi-experimental investigation does not support the hypothesis that treatment of adolescent depression reduces the subsequent risk of psychosis. 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