Definitions for antidepressant
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1. antidepressant, antidepressant drugnoun

   any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects

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1. antidepressantnoun

   An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

2. antidepressantadjective

   Preventing or counteracting depression.

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1. Antidepressant

   Antidepressants are a class of medications used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and addiction.Common side effects of antidepressants include dry mouth, weight gain, dizziness, headaches, sexual dysfunction, and emotional blunting. There is a slight increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior when taken by children, adolescents, and young adults. Discontinuation syndrome, which resembles recurrent depression, may occur after stopping any antidepressant.Research regarding the effectiveness of antidepressants for depression in adults has found both benefits and drawbacks. Evidence of benefit in children and adolescents is unclear. A 2018 study found that the 21 most commonly prescribed antidepressant medications were more effective than placebo for the short-term (acute) treatments of adults with major depressive disorder. However, other research has found that the placebo effect may account for most or all of the drugs' observed efficacy. Research on the effectiveness of antidepressants is generally done on people who have severe symptoms, a population that exhibits much weaker placebo responses, meaning that the results cannot be extrapolated to the general population.Non-pharmaceutical treatments for depression can also be effective instead of, or in conjunction with, medications.

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1. antidepressant

   An antidepressant is a type of medication or drug designed to treat depression and other related mental health conditions by balancing chemicals in the brain that affect mood and emotions. They can also be used to treat a range of conditions including anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and some chronic pain conditions.

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1. Antidepressant

   Antidepressants are drugs used for the treatment of depression and other conditions including anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, neuropathic pain and, in some cases, dysmenorrhea, snoring, migraines, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance abuse and sleep disorders. They can be used alone or combination with other medications. The most important classes of antidepressants are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants. Other classes of drugs used or proposed for the treatment of depression include buprenorphine, tryptophan, low-dose antipsychotics, St John's wort and benzodiazepines, which can improve the short-term response of antidepressants when used together but carry a risk of physical dependence with reduced effect over time as well as withdrawal symptoms. Non-pharmaceutical approaches to the treatment of depression include psychotherapy, electro-convulsive therapy, acupuncture, exercise, sleep deprivation and bright light exposure.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of antidepressant in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of antidepressant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of antidepressant in a Sentence

1. Katie McLaughlin:

   This study suggests that child maltreatment and trauma not only predict greater likelihood of developing depression and a more chronic course of depression, but also reduced likelihood of responding to antidepressant medication treatment.

2. Stephan Hofmann:

   The good news of the trial is that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may be a viable alternative to antidepressant medication as a long-term treatment strategy, the bad news is that we can't be certain about these results because there was no control group.

3. Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org:

   If antidepressant drugs are effective, why don't they work for psychiatrists? Year after year, psychiatrists commit suicide at a higher rate than the general population. Are we to believe that they don't take their own drugs, or that the drugs don't have the benefits attributed to them?

4. Stanley Althof:

   Losing interest due to performance issues is common, but HSDD is its own thing, it’s an absence of erotic thoughts and a lack of desire for sex that has to be present for six months. It also cannot be better explained by another disorder or other stressors: It can’t be due to depression. It can’t be due to a bad relationship. It can’t be due to taking an antidepressant.

5. Holly Prigerson:

   It is also difficult to draw conclusions regarding the clinical implications of the study, given patients are actively dying, it is doubtful that a psychosocial intervention or administration of an antidepressant will effectively improve the patients ’ quality of death.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antidepressant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Antidepressant
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=antidepressant