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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In the small pilot study, researchers tested whether tocilizumab, a drug commonly prescribed for inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, could ease depression symptoms in patients who had not improved with standard antidepressants.

From Science Daily • 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

Loneliness, isolation from family, and depression can be particularly devastating for the elderly, and antidepressants only go so far.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The complicating factor here is that antidepressants are prescribed in the U.S. at rates that are above the ideal, which no one really disputes.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

They’d brought her to a shelter, where she’d been showered, fed, prescribed antidepressants, and released three weeks later.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng