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Antipsychotic vs Antidepressant - What's the difference?

antipsychotic | antidepressant |

As adjectives the difference between antipsychotic and antidepressant

is that antipsychotic is (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting psychosis while antidepressant is preventing or counteracting depression.

As nouns the difference between antipsychotic and antidepressant

is that antipsychotic is (pharmacology) any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis while antidepressant is an agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

antipsychotic

English

(wikipedia antipsychotic)

Adjective

(-)
  • (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    antidepressant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

    • See also

    * fluoxetine * Prozac

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    *depressogenic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Preventing or counteracting depression.