While antidepressants may be the drug of choice for depression, they also have FDA approval as treatments for other medical disorders
For suicidal ideation symptoms, consensus was reached for all offered augmentation strategies (mood-stabilizer, antidepressants, and ECT) ( table 3 )
Conclusion: To conclude, both antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs are used to treat mental illnesses
The rational design of therapeutic regimens for schizophrenia with comorbid depression is a major challenge because antidepressant and antipsychotic monotherapies may not be effective
Antidepressants are frequently used in the treatment of depressive symptoms associated with schizophrenia
Imipramine was released in 1958 as the first tricyclic antidepressant
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Over virtually 3 decades, the level of inadequate response to clozapine was found to range from 40% to 60%