Depression 101
... Many individuals respond to antidepressants but remission of symptoms is the goal Antidepressants are not stimulants, happy pills, addictive. They do not change your personality ...
... Many individuals respond to antidepressants but remission of symptoms is the goal Antidepressants are not stimulants, happy pills, addictive. They do not change your personality ...
General classes of disorders
... Depression is a serious disorder that afflicts approximately 14 million adults in the United States each year. The lifetime prevalence rate of depression in the United States has been estimated to include 16 percent of adults (21 percent of women, 13 percent of men), or more than 32 million people ...
... Depression is a serious disorder that afflicts approximately 14 million adults in the United States each year. The lifetime prevalence rate of depression in the United States has been estimated to include 16 percent of adults (21 percent of women, 13 percent of men), or more than 32 million people ...
Antidepressant
Antidepressants are drugs used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other conditions, including dysthymia, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, neuropathic pain and, in some cases, dysmenorrhoea, snoring, migraine, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addiction, dependence, and sleep disorders. They can be used alone or in combination with other medications but only when prescribed.The most important classes of antidepressants are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), reversible monoamine oxidase A inhibitors (rMAO-A inhibitors), tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCAs), and noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSAs). St John's wort is also used in the treatment of depression.