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Antidepressant and mood stabilizer drugs

Antidepressant and mood stabilizer drugs are used to treat affec-tive disorders—disturbances in mood, characterized by depres-sion or elation.

Antidepressant and mood stabilizer drugs

Antidepressant and mood stabilizer drugs are used to treat affec-tive disorders—disturbances in mood, characterized by depres-sion or elation.

 

Pole positions

 

Unipolar disorders, characterized by periods of clinical depres-sion, are treated with:

 

·                 selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

 

·                 MAOIs

 

·                 TCAs

 

·                 miscellaneous antidepressants.

 

Bipolar disorders, characterized by alternating periods of man-ic behavior and clinical depression, are treated with lithium and anticonvulsant drugs.

 

Other mood stabilizers include divalproex, carbamazepine, and olanzapine.

 

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