Antidepressants: mechanism of action, toxicity and possible amelioration
@inproceedings{Gaur2017AntidepressantsMO, title={Antidepressants: mechanism of action, toxicity and possible amelioration}, author={Khushboo Gaur and Balkishan Sharma}, year={2017} }
Depression being a state of sadness may be defined as a psychoneurotic disorder characterised by mental and functional activity sadness reduction in activity difficulty in thinking loss of concentration perturbations in appetite sleeping and feelings of dejection hopelessness and generation of suicidal tendencies It is a common and recurrent disorder causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide The antidepressant compounds used against depression are reported to be used also for…
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