anti-depression
adjective[before noun]
(alsoantidepression)uk/ˌæn.ti.dɪˈpreʃ.ən/us/ˌæn.taɪ.dɪˈpreʃ.ən/An anti-depressionmedicine,treatment, etc. is one that isdesignedtoreducedepression(= amentalillnessin which apersonis veryunhappyandanxious(=worriedandnervous)forlongperiodsand cannot have anormallifeduring theseperiods):
anti-depressionmedications/drugs/pills
Thesefindingsledto thedevelopmentof new antidepressiontherapies.
Synonym
antidepressant
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depression(UNHAPPINESS)
- Hetakesanti-anxiety and anti-depressionmedication.
- She isgraduallyreducingher anti-depressionmedication.
- Thedoctorprescribedanti-depressionmedication.
- Hecontinuedtoseeapsychiatristregularlyand to take anti-depressionmedicines, acombinationoftherapyanddrugsthat wassuccessfulfor him.
- a newregimenof anti-depressionmedicines
- Thecompanyhas aportfolioof top-sellingtreatmentsthatincludesanti-depression and cholesterol-loweringdrugs.
- Strongperformancesfromitsanti-depression andasthmadrugsareexpectedtoseethecompanyreportincreasedpre-taxprofits.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- hysterically
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome
- sundowning
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