Antidepressant

Introduction: Antidepressant

Description of Antidepressant

Antidepressant: (1) Counteracting depression. (2) A pharmacologic agent used in treating depression.
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Antidepressant: A drug used to treat depression.
Source: National Institute of Health

Antidepressant: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Antidepressant: Mood-stimulating drugs used primarily in the treatment of affective disorders and related conditions. Several MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS are useful as antidepressants apparently as a long-term consequence of their modulation of catecholamine levels. The tricyclic compounds useful as antidepressive agents (ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC) also appear to act through brain catecholamine systems. A third group (ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION) is a diverse group of drugs including some that act specifically on serotonergic systems.
Source: Diseases Database

Antidepressant: mood-stimulating drugs used primarily in the treatment of affective disorders and related conditions.
Source: CRISP

Terms associated with Antidepressant:

Terms Similar to Antidepressant:

• Antidepressive agents

Source: Diseases Database

• antidepressant drug

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Antidepressant:

• bupropion
• citalopram
• fluoxetine
• fluvoxamine
• MAO inhibitor
• paroxetine
• phenelzine
• sertraline
• tricyclic antidepressant
• venlafaxine

Source - CRISP

• monoamine oxidase inhibitor
• MAOI
• nefazodone
• Serzone
• nontricyclic
• nontricyclic drug
• nontricyclic antidepressant
• nontricyclic antidepressant drug
• reboxetine
• Edronax
• selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor
• SSRI
• tricyclic
• tricyclic antidepressant
• tricyclic antidepressant drug
• maleate

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Broader terms for Antidepressant

• psychopharmacologic agent

Source - CRISP

• medicine
• medication
• medicament
• medicinal drug

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Antidepressant:

• gabapentin

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Hierarchical classifications of Antidepressant

The following list attempts to classify Antidepressant into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• medicament,medication,medicinal drug,medicine
• drug
• agent
• causal agency,causal agent,cause
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Antidepressant

• Antidepressants for smoking cessation (Cochrane Review)
• COCHRANE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND NEUROSIS GROUP abstracts
• Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia (Cochrane Review)
• Antidepressants versus placebo for people with bulimia nervosa (Cochrane Review)
• Amitriptyline versus other types of pharmacotherapy for depression (Cochrane Review)
• Treatment discontinuation with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) versus tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) (Cochrane Review)
• Antidepressants versus psychological treatments and their combination for bulimia nervosa (Cochrane Review)

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