Antidepressants in rehabilitation.
Antidepressant medications have a variety of uses in addition to the treatment of depression. This article focuses on the two most widely used categories of antidepressants, tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and the newer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and highlights their use in post-stroke depression and chronic pain.
Teasell
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University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Merskey
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Deshpande
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D000928:Antidepressive Agents