Depressed?

[Article] Anti-depressants are the most widely prescribed drug in the United States at the moment. Are people really that depressed? What’s the story with these anti-depressants anyway?


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While tonics to improve one’s mood have been around for many hundreds of years, the first real anti-depressant was originally designed as a treatment for tuberculosis. It was some years later that Iproniazid, from the early 1950s, was recognized as having an impact on depression. Now of course...
This article was published Friday, 13 July, 2007 by AFP
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