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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) disorder typically diagnosed in childhood and adolescence characterized by hyperactivity as well as attention, organization, and behavior control issues Bipolar disorder (manic depression) syndrome characterized by extreme and opposite moods, such as euphoria and depression Depression disorder characterized by depressed mood, lack of energy, sleep disturbances, abnormal eating patterns, and feelings of despair, guilt, and misery Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used to treat serious and life-threatening mood disorders in patients who are unresponsive to pharmacotherapy Mania condition characterized by an expressive, impulsive, excitable, and overreactive nature Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO inhibitors) drugs inhibiting monoamine oxidase, an enzyme that terminates the actions of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and serotonin Mood disorder change in behavior such as clinical depression, emotional swings, or manic depression Mood stabilizer drug that levels mood that is used to treat bipolar disorder and mania Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) drug that selectively inhibits the reuptake of serotonin into nerve terminals; used mostly for depression Serotonin syndrome set of signs and symptoms associated with overmedication with antidepressants that includes altered mental status, fever, sweating and lack of muscular coordination Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) class of drugs used in the pharmacotherapy of depression Tyramine form of the amino acid tyrosine that is found in foods such as cheese, beer, wine and yeast products
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