Why do antidepressants take so long to work?
Channel: Memorable Psychiatry and Neurology
Date: 2017-09-16

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For someone struggling with depression, being told that an antidepressant will take weeks or months to work can be frustrating. Yet this delay is also the key to these medications' ability to help. Find out why in this video.

Papers that inspired this talk:
Why do antidepressants take so long to work? A cognitive neuropsychological model of antidepressant drug action. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19648538
How do antidepressants work? New perspectives for refining future treatment approaches. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28153641

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