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antidepressants

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  1. Drugs that prevent or relieve the symptoms of depression. Various psychological disorders are treated with antidepressants.


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Although there are many antidepressant drugs now in use, the best known is Prozac ®.

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She is now getting divorced and taking antidepressants.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Even in that group, the human findings were observational and could not establish that antidepressants directly caused earlier disease progression.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Their idols have become their guests: Clarkson talked about starting antidepressants while going through a divorce.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Multiple studies since then have also identified a correlation between a woman’s use of antidepressants during pregnancy and her child’s later diagnosis of autism, and to a lesser extent, ADHD.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

On the seventh day, Dr. Janeway released me from Quiet Oaks under strict orders to continue taking my antidepressants.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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