Article contents
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 August 2018
Extract
Antidepressants, as the term is currently understood, were introduced into clinical practice in the late 1950s. The first of these was imipramine, shortly to be followed by amitriptyline and then by a series of related compounds - all chemically ‘tricyclics’. These subsequently became known as the ‘first-generation’ antidepressants; imipramine and amitriptyline in particular have since become the standards against which others have been compared.
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue S20: The Economic Evaluation of Antidepressant Drug Therapy , July 1993 , pp. 40 - 42
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1993 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
References
- 1
- Cited by
eLetters
No eLetters have been published for this article.