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Medicines for Treating Depression: A Review of the Research for Adults

July 31, 2012

Medicines for Treating Depression: A Review of the Research for Adults

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Antidepressants are only one kind of medicine used to treat depression. They are the most common medicine used for this condition. Your doctor may prescribe other types of medicines to treat depression. This summary will review only the research on antidepressants. It does not review research on non-medicine therapies. The research studies also did not look at patients with bipolar disorder, substance abuse, bulimia nervosa, or schizophrenia.

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