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: September 22, 2025
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"Antidepressants." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787422/all/Antidepressants.
Antidepressants. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787422/all/Antidepressants. Accessed October 8, 2025.
Antidepressants. (2025). In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787422/all/Antidepressants
Antidepressants [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 October 08]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787422/all/Antidepressants.
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