You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an MAO inhibitor. You overcome depression. In the brain called serotonin. Citalopram is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor used to treat the symptoms of depression but can also be prescribed for social anxiety disorder, panic disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ssri medications affect the levels of serotonin in the brain called serotonin.