Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin

Patients Using a Nationwide Digital Mental Health Service Utilise Antidepressants

Abstract

Satish Jankie*

Antidepressants are a class of medications that are primarily used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, impulse control issues, enuresis, aggressiveness, and some personality disorders are all treated with this class of medications. Many types of antidepressants have become available in India throughout the years, some of which have lasted the test of time and are still in use, and others which are no longer marketed or are no longer a clinician's preference. Antidepressant research in India has mostly followed western tendencies; nevertheless, some of the antidepressant medications that have been marketed have not been studied as extensively as others. In India, the majority of studies on antidepressants in depression have been undertaken. Antidepressants have been studied in a limited number of illnesses other than depressive disorders Antidepressant efficacy trials can be divided into studies evaluating an antidepressant efficacy of an antidepressant with placebo as a comparator, comparing efficacy of two active drugs, and studies evaluating antidepressants with other treatment modalities such as electro-convulsive therapy or psychological treatment.