How do psychiatric medications work?

How do psychiatric medications work? What impact do they have on patients? Let's talk about it.

In this video, I discuss:

0:00 Introduction to medications.
0:44 When were psychiatric medications first discovered?
1:50 What is the impact of these medications on the brain?
3:34 How are these medications named?
4:45 How do these medications work?
6:00 What do SSRIs do?
8:02 What other medications are available for depression?
9:12 Where does transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) come in?

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