Antidepressants

Antidepressants are a broad therapeutic class of psychotropic medications formulated to treat depressive illnesses and various affective and neurologic conditions

Antidepressants are a broad therapeutic class of psychotropic medications formulated to treat depressive illnesses and various affective and neurologic conditions They exert their principal therapeutic actions primarily by modulating neurotransmitter activity in the central nervous system—most notably enhancing synaptic concentrations of serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine—or via newer neuroactive pathways that influence neural signaling and mood regulation The class is commonly subdivided in...

They exert their principal therapeutic actions primarily by modulating neurotransmitter activity in the central nervous system—most notably enhancing synaptic concentrations of serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine—or via newer neuroactive pathways that influence neural signaling and mood regulation The class is commonly subdivided into mechanisms such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, tricyclics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and atypical...

They exert their principal therapeutic actions primarily by modulating neurotransmitter activity in the central nervous system—most notably enhancing synaptic concentrations of serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine—or via newer neuroactive pathways that influence neural signaling and mood regulation

The class is commonly subdivided into mechanisms such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, tricyclics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and atypical or neuroactive agents

Beyond major depressive disorder, these drugs are widely utilized in managing generalized anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and select chronic neuropathic pain conditions

Beyond major depressive disorder, these drugs are widely utilized in managing generalized anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and select chronic neuropathic pain conditions