title: Antidepressants and somatic symptoms: therapeutic actions are expanding beyond affective spectrum disorders to functional somatic syndromes.
abstract: Having expanded their original role as primary treatment for depression to preferred treatment for anxiety disorders, antidepressants are now emerging as potential therapeutic agents for many other disorders characterized by distressing or even painful somatic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Education Institute in Carlsbad, CA 92009, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stahl
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D012701:Serotonin; D009638:Norepinephrine