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• Antidepressant — Fluoxetine (Prozac), an SSRI The chemical structure of …   Wikipedia

• Treatment for depression — Depression, for the purposes of this article, refers to the mental disorder known as major depressive disorder. This kind of depression is a recognised clinical condition and is becoming a common condition in developed countries, where up to 20%… …   Wikipedia

• Treatment of bipolar disorder — This article is an expansion of a section entitled Treatment from within the main article: Bipolar disorder The emphasis of the treatment of bipolar disorder is on effective management of the long term course of the illness, which can involve… …   Wikipedia

• Treatment of Tourette syndrome — Tourette syndrome (also Tourette s syndrome or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of motor and phonic tics. Treatment of Tourette syndrome has the goal of managing symptoms to achieve… …   Wikipedia

• antidepressant — /an tee di pres euhnt, an tuy /, Pharm. adj. 1. of or pertaining to a substance that is used in the treatment of mood disorders, as characterized by various manic or depressive affects. n. 2. Also called energizer, psychic energizer. any such… …   Universalium

• Antidepressant —    The concept of drugs thought to work specifically against a disease called depression is probably a misnomer because depression often includes anxiety and other symptoms as well. Yet, antidepressant has claimed a firm place in the nomenclature …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Treatment of mental disorders — The treatment of mental disorders includes various forms of psychotherapy, psychiatric medication, and other practices.Gazzaniga, M.S., Heatherton, T.F. (2006). Psychological Science . New York: W.W. Norton Company, Inc.] National Institute of… …   Wikipedia

• antidepressant — n. a drug that alleviates the symptoms of depression. Widely prescribed antidepressants are a group with a basic chemical structure of three benzene rings, called tricyclic antidepressants, and related drugs, including doxepin, imipramine,… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Tricyclic antidepressant — Tricyclic antidepressants (abbreviation TCAs) are a class of antidepressant drugs first used in the 1950s. They are named after the drugs molecular structure, which contains three rings of atoms (compare tetracyclic antidepressant). Example… …   Wikipedia

• Tetracyclic antidepressant — There are also several chemically unrelated tetracyclic antibiotics based on Tetracycline. A tetracyclic antidepressant is an antidepressant drug from the tetracyclic drug group.The name tetracyclic is derived from the drug s molecular structure… …   Wikipedia

• Involuntary treatment — (also referred to by proponents as assisted treatment and by critics as forced drugging) refers to medical treatment undertaken without a person s consent. In almost all circumstances, involuntary treatment refers to psychiatric treatment… …   Wikipedia