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GCSE Psychology · key term
A medicine used mainly to treat the symptoms of depression by affecting neurotransmitter activity in the brain.
Used by AQA and OCR
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Revise: Therapies for DepressionAntidepressants are medicines used mainly to treat the symptoms of depression. They are prescribed and monitored by a doctor rather than being a treatment someone should start or change independently.
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Medication used to treat clinical depression by changing neurotransmitter activity involved in mood.
Distinguish a treatment from an explanation: improvement with an antidepressant does not prove that depression was caused solely by a neurotransmitter imbalance.
Wiles compared usual care with usual care plus CBT, not antidepressants with CBT alone.
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A commonly used group of antidepressants is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs. Examples include fluoxetine and sertraline.
