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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, St. John's Wort and the Treatment of Depression

National Institute of Mental Health, Depression

National Mental Health Association

Synonyms and Keywords

adjustment disorder, antidepressants, behavioral therapy, bipolar disorder, manic depression, the blues, clinical depression, clinically depressed, postpartum depression, cognitive therapy, depressive disorder, dysthymia, electroconvulsive therapy, ECT, major depression, mood disorder, mood swings, neurotransmitter, psychotherapy, seasonal affective disorder, SAD, seasonal depression, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRI, tricyclic antidepressant, TCA, monoamine oxidase inhibitor, MAOI, St. John's wort, suicidal thoughts, suicide, depression

Authors and Editors

Author: Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Sarah C Aronson, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Case School of Medicine/University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Editors: Ronald C Albucher, MD, Assistant Chief, Psychiatry Service, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Alan D Schmetzer, MD, Professor and Assistant Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine.

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