Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Antidepressants
DEFINITION
- "Antidepressants" have historically primarily been marketed to treat depression.
- Some antidepressants can also be used to treat anxiety (including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder), post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, diabetic neuropathy pain, fibromyalgia pain, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and to facilitate smoking cessation.
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Last updated: April 3, 2022
Citation
Barany, E. A, and Sujin L Weinstein. "Antidepressants." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, 2022. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/5/Antidepressants.
Barany EA, Weinstein SL. Antidepressants. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. 2022. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/5/Antidepressants. Accessed December 3, 2023.
Barany, E. A., & Weinstein, S. L. (2022). Antidepressants. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/5/Antidepressants
Barany EA, Weinstein SL. Antidepressants [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. ; 2022. [cited 2023 December 03]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/5/Antidepressants.
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