Characteristics of participants at entry.

Notes: Two smoked cannabis more than two months prior to the investigation. Three were previously abusing alcohol. One participant had generalized anxiety.*Eight were living with their parents.**quartiles reported, are the 25 and 75 quartiles.There was no statistically significant difference (p>0.05) between the escitalopram and the placebo group for any of the hormone measures. AUCtotal = Area under the curve after administration of CRH corrected for baseline equivalent, BASAL = mean of five measurements at the baseline after pre-treatment with deametasone 1.5 mg and before the administration of CRH, PEAK = the highest measurement following CRH administration.