Definition of antidepressant
: used or tending to relieve or prevent depression
- antidepressant drugs
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In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first.
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In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first.
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In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first.
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Talking therapies are thought to be about as effective as antidepressant medication, but these are often much more expensive.
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Although antidepressant use in the U.S. has risen 400% since 1990, so has the rate of depression—and not just in America.
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The takeaway is echoed by several other studies that reach similar conclusions: Genetics and environmental factors could have even more to do with autism risk than antidepressant use.
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The Denver Post previously reported that investigators initially believed Bartee had killed herself because antidepressant medication was found near her body.
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The Denver Post previously reported that investigators initially believed Bartee had killed herself because antidepressant medication was found near her body.
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First Known Use of antidepressant
1961
Definition of antidepressant
: an antidepressant drug — see ssri, tricyclic antidepressant
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Treatment for bipolar disorder generally involves medications such as mood stabilizers, atypical antipsychotics, and antidepressants, according to the NIMH.
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Expanding use of antidepressants is not just an issue in the United States.
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The 25 percent tariff would be placed on raw ingredients for drugs such as insulin used by diabetics, the anti-allergic-reaction drug epinephrine, as well as vaccines, blood products and antidepressants, according to the list.
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Meanwhile, the family matriarch, played by Roseanne Barr, adds pain relievers and antidepressants to her Monday-through-Sunday pill container.
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When Lewis arrived on the 2,100-prisoner unit sometime around June 2015, he was put on an antidepressant and an antipsychotic, though he allegedly wasn't given the drugs as prescribed for weeks at a time throughout the remainder of the summer.
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What this early research demonstrates is that even for patients with major depression, food may be a powerful antidepressant.
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In one alarming sequence, text messages reveal that the phone’s owner (not revealed until later to be the granddaughter) has stolen his or her mother’s antidepressants and put them in his or her pet hamster’s food.
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By the second act, Guy (now played by Engstrom) works at a marketing firm, creating a campaign for Effervatol, an antidepressant.
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First Known Use of antidepressant
1962
ANTIDEPRESSANT Defined for English Language Learners
antidepressant
Definition of antidepressant for English Language Learners
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medical : a drug that is used to relieve or prevent depression in a person
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medical Definition of antidepressant
: used or tending to relieve or prevent psychological depression : relating to, being, or utilizing an antidepressant
- an antidepressant drug
- antidepressant treatment
medical Definition of antidepressant
: a drug used to treat psychological depression : an antidepressant drug
- The dual-action antidepressant venlafaxine appears to demonstrate superior efficacy and higher rates of remission in severe depression as compared with either SSRIs such as fluoxetine or tricyclic antidepressants.
- —John Mann, The New England Journal of Medicine, 27 Oct. 2005
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