{"title":"Updates on first- and second-generation antidepressants used in the treatment of traumatic brain injury-induced depression","authors":"Nicla Tranchida , Francesca Inferrera , Salvatore Cuzzocrea , Marika Cordaro , Rosanna Di Paola","doi":"10.1016/j.pnpbp.2025.111458","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>One of the leading causes of disability leading to depression and other neuropsychiatric complications is traumatic brain injury, especially among young people. Post-TBI depression is a common condition with a significant impact on quality of life, recovery, and rehabilitation. In the last years, the second-generation antidepressants SNRIs and SSRIs have been applied as treatments for depression in patients with TBI. Due to the more favorable side effect profiles, these agents are considered over first-generation antidepressants. While further studies are needed to identify specific mechanisms and interactions with drug-induced brain trauma effects, preliminary studies do suggest that second-generation antidepressants may be useful in treating post-TBI depression. This review focus on the benefits, challenges, and emerging scientific evidence regarding the use second-generation antidepressants in TBI patients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54549,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry","volume":"141 ","pages":"Article 111458"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027858462500212X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CLINICAL NEUROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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One of the leading causes of disability leading to depression and other neuropsychiatric complications is traumatic brain injury, especially among young people. Post-TBI depression is a common condition with a significant impact on quality of life, recovery, and rehabilitation. In the last years, the second-generation antidepressants SNRIs and SSRIs have been applied as treatments for depression in patients with TBI. Due to the more favorable side effect profiles, these agents are considered over first-generation antidepressants. While further studies are needed to identify specific mechanisms and interactions with drug-induced brain trauma effects, preliminary studies do suggest that second-generation antidepressants may be useful in treating post-TBI depression. This review focus on the benefits, challenges, and emerging scientific evidence regarding the use second-generation antidepressants in TBI patients.
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Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry is an international and multidisciplinary journal which aims to ensure the rapid publication of authoritative reviews and research papers dealing with experimental and clinical aspects of neuro-psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry. Issues of the journal are regularly devoted wholly in or in part to a topical subject.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry does not publish work on the actions of biological extracts unless the pharmacological active molecular substrate and/or specific receptor binding properties of the extract compounds are elucidated.