CRP and depressive symptom measurement: Baseline CRP levelsare associated with more severe depression (Köhler-Forsberg et al., 2017) and treatmentresistance (Zhang et al.,2019) especially to serotonergic medications, such as SSRIs (i.e.escitalopram, sertraline, fluoxetine, and paroxetine) and SNRIs (i.e. venlafaxineand duloxetine).