Claim: Citalopram is of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor class used to treat major depressive disorders.

Citalopram -LRB- brand names : Celexa , Cipramil and others -RRB- is an antidepressant drug of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor -LRB- SSRI -RRB- class . It has U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat major depression , which it received in 1998 , and is prescribed off-label for other conditions . In Australia , the UK , Germany , Portugal , Poland , and most European countries , it is licensed for depressive episodes and panic disorder with or without agoraphobia . In Spain and Denmark it is also used for obsessive-compulsive disorder .