Do antidepressants impair the ability to extinguish fear?
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Common antidepressant medications may impair a form of learning that is important clinically. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, commonly called SSRIs, are a class of antidepressant widely used to treat depression, as well as a range of anxiety disorders, but the effects of these drugs on learning and memory are poorly understood.