is is too simple an explanation to be accepted now days, as researchers realize that diseases are rarely dependent on only one single transmitter system, and simply taking one of these medications (MAOI's, TCA's, SSRI's) is usually only a temporary solution. Regardless of this fact, psychotherapy has given way to drug therapy in a major way, as the idea of a simple pill as a "cure all" in our culture has flourished. Depression is a general phenomenon that we all feel from time to time, and it can and often is over-diagnosed. More and more people who may be slightly depressed but do not suffer from true severe depression look to these drugs to solve their problems, especially with the advent of SSRI's, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which have less side effects than the MAOI's or tricyclic antidepressants, and produce better results. The results of a recent test comparing patients taking fluoxetine(SSRI&a
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