antidepressant

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

For Students

Prozac

antidepressant summary

Discover

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Middle East bee locator map

Are the Middle East and the Near East the Same Thing?

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

antidepressant: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: May 31, 2025

News •

Medication switching could measure antidepressant treatment failure • May 29, 2025, 2:27 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer • May 21, 2025, 8:41 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

Facts

Also Known As	psychic energizer • antidepressant drug

Photos

See All Images →

Topics

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor monoamine oxidase inhibitor tricyclic antidepressant drug bupropion trazodone carbamazepine isocarboxazid phenelzine tranylcypromine amitriptyline antipsychotic drug kratom Adderall sedative-hypnotic drug tranquilizer betel antianxiety drug cocaine methamphetamine nicotine

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic