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Antidepressants : history, science, and issues / Ann Westcot Jordan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Story of a drugPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781440839276
  • 1440839271
  • 9798216048527
  • 8216048521
  • 9788216048528
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Antidepressants.DDC classification:
  • 615.7/8 23
LOC classification:
  • RM332
NLM classification:
  • QV 77.5
Online resources:
Contents:
A case study: Rachel's battle with depression -- What are antidepressants? -- Antidepressants: a brief history -- How antidepressants work -- Effects and applications -- Risks, misuse, and overdose -- Production, distribution, and regulation -- The social dimensions of antidepressants -- The future of antidepressants.
Summary: This book explores a diverse class of antidepressant drugs, from medical, historical, cultural, and economic perspectives, and provides an overview of depression, its symptoms, causes, prevalence, and diagnosis. Readers will gain an understanding of the neurotransmission and specific mechanisms behind the activity of antidepressant medications; the effects and applications of these drugs, plus their associated risks of misuse and abuse; and related policy and societal issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A case study: Rachel's battle with depression -- What are antidepressants? -- Antidepressants: a brief history -- How antidepressants work -- Effects and applications -- Risks, misuse, and overdose -- Production, distribution, and regulation -- The social dimensions of antidepressants -- The future of antidepressants.

This book explores a diverse class of antidepressant drugs, from medical, historical, cultural, and economic perspectives, and provides an overview of depression, its symptoms, causes, prevalence, and diagnosis. Readers will gain an understanding of the neurotransmission and specific mechanisms behind the activity of antidepressant medications; the effects and applications of these drugs, plus their associated risks of misuse and abuse; and related policy and societal issues.

Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, May 14, 2019).

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