Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug used to treat clinical depression.
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- noun An agent that
prevents orcounteracts depression . - adjective Preventing or counteracting depression.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
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Examples
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If an antidepressant is appropriate for your situation, our Best Buy Drugs report gives you information to choose one in consultation with your doctor or mental-health professional.
Suffering from depressive symptoms? Today is National Depression Screening Day 2010
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They found that an increase in antidepressant sales of one pill per capita (about a 12 percent increase over the sales levels for 2000 in the countries surveyed) correlated with a suicide-mortality decline of about 5 percent.
Primary Sources 2007
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As I mentioned earlier, there is a long-term antidepressant effect that is finding its way into the medical literature and that I am seeing on a regular basis in my psychiatric practice.
Dr. Peter Breggin: Stimulus Packages and Prozac: The Unintended Consequences of Intervention 2009
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They found that an increase in antidepressant sales of one pill per capita (about a 12 percent increase over the sales levels for 2000 in the countries surveyed) correlated with a suicide-mortality decline of about 5 percent.
Primary Sources 2007
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"Dishonest research designs," Dr Scott says, "do not give an honest assessment of the physical or the psychological dangers of long-term antidepressant use."
FDA Protects SSRI Makers With Misleading Suicide Warning 2007
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In reality, the terms antidepressant and antipsychotic say nothing other than "drugs that treat X"-- there's absolutely no way the terms can a priori determine other efficacies, side effects, pharmacologic actions, etc,-- but psychiatry uses them to carry precisely this kind of information.
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It also has long-term antidepressant users who will be hard to wean off.
The Guardian World News Sarah Boseley 2011
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As I mentioned earlier, there is a long-term antidepressant effect that is finding its way into the medical literature and that I am seeing on a regular basis in my psychiatric practice.
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Long-term antidepressant drug use causes rise in prescriptions: Study
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Long-term antidepressant drug use causes rise in prescriptions: Study
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"The U.S. Geological Service found that more than 80% of sampled rivers tested positive for meds like antibiotics, birth control hormones, and antidepressants."
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