title: [Antidepressant psychopharmacotherapy].
abstract: Considering the prevalence of major unipolar depression, the economical costs of its management and the different medications available for its treatment, it is imperative to have a good knowledge of the basic principles used to classify anti depressive medications. A good acquaintance on their mechanisms of action on neurotransmission and receptors, wil allow a better understanding of their therapeutic action and secondary effects. Tricyclics, non selective MAO inhibitors, reversible MAO inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, dopamine and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors, 5-HT2 blockers with serotonin reuptake blocking effect, serotonin, noradrenalin and dopamine reuptake inhibitors, alfa 2 receptor blockers and 5-HT/2-3 inhibitors are the eight available types of antidepressants.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Campus Oriente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile. predroretamal@entelchile.net
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Retamal
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents