Article summary with Possible role of more positive social behaviour in the clinical effect of antidepressant drugs by Young a.o. - 2014
- Introduction
- Serotonin and Social Behaviour in Animals and Humans
- Effect of Antidepressants on Social Behaviour in Healthy Humans
- Effect of Antidepressants on Social Behaviour in Patients
- Social Interactions During Depression and Depressed Mood
- Complementarity in Social Interactions and its Implications for Mood Regulation
- Possible Role of Changes in Social Behaviour Along the Agreeable-Quarrelsome Dimension in the Effects of Antidepressants on Mood
- Role of More Prosocial Behaviour and Other Mechanisms in Mediating the Response to Antidepressants
- Conclusion
Introduction
Two important characteristics of antidepressants: 1) they aren’t as effective as an ideal antidepressant would be, and 2) there’s a delay in their maximal effect. A proposed biological mechanism for the delay in onset is that different classes of antidepressants cause
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