<prompt> A 34 year old housewife repos a three month history of feeling low, lack of interest in activities, lethargy, multiple body-aches, ideas of wohlessness, decreased appetite and disturbed sleep with early morning awakening. She is likely to benefit form:Anti-psychoticsAnti-psychoticsAnti-depressantsAnxiolyticsHypno-sedatives  <response>: B i.e. AntidepressantMajor Depression symptoms as included in-DSM-IVICD-101. Depressed low moodeg feels empty or sad, appears tearful2. Loss markedly diminished pleasure or interest in all oralmost all activities most of the day nearly every day3. Loss of energy feeling of fatigue or weakness nearly everyday ned4. Loss of confidence or self-esteem-5. Unreasonable feelings of self reproach or excessive orinappropriate guilt, ned6. Recurrent thoughts of suicide or death or suicidal behaviour 7. Diminished ability to think or concentrate or indecisivenessned8. Psychomotor agitation or retardation9. Insomnia or hypersomnia ned10. Decrease or increase in appetite or weight 5 in a monthDepression most commonly seen in middle aged womenQ is characterized by low sadness of moodQ, depressive ideas loss of self esteem, guilt feeling, hopehelpwoh-lessness2, somatic syndrome loss or sometimes increased appetite, weight, sleepQ, early morning awakening, loss of interest in pleasurable stumuli such as sexual drive, diurnal variation, psychotic features delusions and suicidal tendency. So the female is suffering from major depression and the treatment will be antidepressant. 