Drug therapy (also known as chemotherapy) is the most widely used treatment for depression. Effective drugs were rapidly developed in the 1960s with 3 main groups of antidepressants proving successful:
• Monoamine-oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
• Tricyclic antidepressants
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s)
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