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Antidepressants
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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, and to facilitate smoking cessation.
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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, and to facilitate smoking cessation.
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Last updated: May 3, 2019
Citation
Kim, Paul M, and Sujin L Weinstein. "Antidepressants." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/all/Antidepressants.
Kim PM, Weinstein SL. Antidepressants. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/all/Antidepressants. Accessed September 16, 2021.
Kim, P. M., & Weinstein, S. L. (2019). Antidepressants. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/all/Antidepressants
Kim PM, Weinstein SL. Antidepressants [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. ; 2019. [cited 2021 September 16]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787129/all/Antidepressants.
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