Antidepressants are drugs that relieve symptoms of depression and were first developed in the 1950s. There are approximately 30 types that fall into 5 main categories and are used to treat various psychiatric disorders like depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are commonly prescribed to treat conditions like generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, and bulimia nervosa.

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16. Study of 35 outpatient schizophrenics who had developed true depressive symptoms showed that depressive symptoms responded better in the group given Amitriptyline together with perphenazine, but three-quarters of those receiving combined treatment had an increase in blood pressure and body weight. In another study of schizodepressives chlorpromazine alone appeared to be as good as chlorpromazine combined with amitriptyline. Thus the value of antidepressants even for schizophrenics with definite depression has yet to be firmly substantiated. Reference: Use of antidepressants in schizophrenia; BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL; 1037 Antidepressants in Schizophrenia [email_address]

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