Until the end of the 1980s, there were only two main types of antidepressant drugs: ________.
A) MAO inhibitors and tricyclics
B) SSRIs and tricyclics
C) SNRIs and MAO inhibitors
D) tricyclics and phenothiazines

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MAO inhibitors and tricyclics were the two main types of antidepressant drugs until the end of the 1980s. SSRIs were approved for use in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and SNRIs were not introduced until the late 1990s. Phenothiazines are a type of antipsychotic medication, not an antidepressant.

Until the End of the 1980s, There Were Only Two