Psychology / Unit 12 Psych 1415 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Antidepressant Medications
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The idea
Antidepressant medications raise the availability of serotonin or norepinephrine and require several weeks to reach full effect.
In practice
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors block reuptake, leaving more serotonin available in the synapse.
Where people slip
Synaptic effects begin within hours and symptom relief takes weeks, which means the simple chemical account is incomplete.
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