antidepressant medication

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meaningsofantidepressantandmedication

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antidepressant
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌæn.ti.dɪˈpres.ənt/
us
/ˌæn.t̬i.dɪˈpres.ənt/
An anti-depressant drug is one that is used to reduce feelings of sadness ...
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medication
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌmed.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌmed.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a medicine, or a set of medicines or drugs, used to improve a particular condition ...
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The use ofantidepressantmedicationwas also examined.
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At baseline, 111 (52.6 %) and 145 (68.7 %) reported receptivity toantidepressantmedicationand counseling respectively.
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Patients were also provided vignettes of depressive patients successfully treated withantidepressantmedication.
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Effects ofantidepressantmedicationon outcomes other than mood have also been reported.
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All subjects were onantidepressantmedication(tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).
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Listening to prozac but hearing placebo : a meta-analysis ofantidepressantmedication.
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The importance ofantidepressantmedicationwas emphasized, and its effects and side-effects were discussed.
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There was no evidence that standard therapy withantidepressantmedicationeither improved or worsened memory performance.
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Approaches to the enhancement of patient adherence toantidepressantmedicationtreatment.
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It is conceivable thatantidepressantmedicationreduces right hemisphere activation while mood stabilizers do not.
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What continues to elude basic psychoneuropharmacologists, however, is why anyantidepressantmedicationalleviates the symptoms of depression.
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Randomised controlled trial of problem-solving treatment,antidepressantmedicationand combined treatment for major depression in primary care.
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Many patients with major depression are non-adherent toantidepressantmedicationand do not receive care according to current guidelines.
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Of those with a disorder, 39.8% were being treated withantidepressantmedication, and 66.7% had been prescribed a benzodiazepine.
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The role of the practice nurse in the management of depression in general practice : treatment adherence toantidepressantmedication.
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Four women had been prescribedantidepressantmedicationby their general practitioners, and 1 had been given sleeping tablets.
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Treatment of social phobia includesantidepressantmedication.
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However, they suggest the use ofantidepressantmedicationfor the more severely depressed, perhaps in combination with psychotherapy or supportive therapy.
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In the clinical practice, there was no evidence that the rate of diagnosis increased, while the prescription ofantidepressantmedicationremained insufficient.
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I brought our psychiatrist to the hotel to see her, and withantidepressantmedicationadded to our counseling, her spirits improved.
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Nonswitchers who were on any stimulant orantidepressantmedicationbetween the baseline and 6-year follow-up assessments were counted as taking stimulants or antidepressants.
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A randomized trial of a primary care-based intervention to prevent depression relapse resulted in improved adherence to long-termantidepressantmedicationand depression outcomes.
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The intervention trained office nurses to supplement the primary-care physician's efforts to provideantidepressantmedicationtreatment or referral to mental health counseling.
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This study estimated the impact of patient receptivity toantidepressantmedicationon the cost-effectiveness of an evidence-based primary-care depression intervention.
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