The Use of Antidepressant Medications It is estimated that more than 20% of the

The Use of Antidepressant Medications
It is estimated that more than 20% of the population of the United States suffers from some form of depression, which has its root cause in the nervous system (specifically neurotransmitters and their associated enzymes/activators/inhibitors).
Pick a specific antidepressant medication or a specific class of antidepressant medications and answer the questions as they pertain to your specific drug. Evidence for your topic should include the parts of the brain, specific neurotransmitters, enzymes, activators and/or inhibitors and the physiological processes that your drug claims to affect.
• What is the type(class) of antidepressant medication?
• What are the main mechanisms of action of the antidepressant medication?
• Is this medication over-prescribed in modern-day society?
• Are there alternative strategies to help treat depression?
Here is a link (Links to an external site.) to a page by the Pharmacology Education Project on classes of antidepressants:
The International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. (n.d.). Pharmacology Education Project. Antidepressant drugs | Pharmacology Education Project. https://www.pharmacologyeducation.org/antidepressant-drug (Links to an external site.)s.
Here’s a video on common misconceptions about antidepressants to get your brain juices flowing:
SciShow Psych, 2017. 4 Common misconceptions about antidepressants, Debunked