antidepressant
of or relating to a substance that is used in the treatment of mood disorders, as characterized by various manic or depressive affects.
Also called energizer, psychic energizer. any such substance, as a tricyclic antidepressant, MAO inhibitor, or lithium.
Origin of antidepressant
1- Also an·ti-de·pres·sant, an·ti·de·pres·sive [an-tee-di-pres-iv, an-tahy-]. /ˌæn ti dɪˈprɛs ɪv, ˌæn taɪ-/.
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How to use antidepressant in a sentence
It’s also that drugs like traditional antidepressants are, at best, only a partial solution.
Prescriptions for antidepressants, anti-anxiety and anti-insomnia medications shot up 21 percent between February and March, according to Elemental.
What mental health professionals have learned six months into pandemic care | Marion Renault | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhen I was just a trainee, Dennis Charney had started what was a very early research program in looking at whether ketamine could have rapid antidepressant effects.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsA form of ketamine, if you will, a so-called enantiomer called esketamine, was approved last year as an antidepressant.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe chemical messenger has become key to one common class of antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
50 years ago, an experimental drug hinted at serotonin’s many roles in the brain | Lisa Grossman | September 29, 2020 | Science News
However, it can interfere seriously with blood thinners and should never be taken with other antidepressant drugs.
Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.? | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe began to attend therapy and to see a psychiatrist, who prescribed an antidepressant.
[It] does not resemble standard antipsychotic, antidepressant, antianxiety or hypnotic drugs in simple drug interaction tests.
“A doctor would never prescribe more than one antidepressant,” says Dr. Frank Vaccaro, a prominent New York psychiatrist.
Did Antidepressants Contribute to Mary Richardson Kennedy’s Suicide? | Laurence Leamer | July 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"antidepressant drugs, for me, they're like antibiotics ," he says.
British Dictionary definitions for antidepressant
/ (ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt) /
any of a class of drugs used to alleviate depression
of or relating to this class of drugs
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for antidepressant
[ ăn′tē-dĭ-prĕs′ənt, ăn′tī- ]
A drug used to prevent or treat depression.
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