Depression is seen more often in people with asthma, and may lead to increased development
and severity of asthma.
This study will investigate whether children with depression and asthma have less allergic
disease and less inflammation than children with asthma who do not have symptoms of
depression.
The study will also investigate whether the lungs of children with depression and asthma
respond to an anticholinergic inhaler called ipratropium more than the lungs of non-depressed
asthmatic children.