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JesseLaur’en Jordan Professor Noel-Williams English 1113 25 November 2013 Depression Depression is a mental illness caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. Scans on patients with clinical depression showed that they had less brain volume in several regions‚ including the frontal lobe‚ basal ganglia and hippocampus than normal‚ non-depressed patients. Depression can affect the way a person sleeps‚ eats‚ and functions on a daily basis. People with depression often have feeling of hopelessness
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There are various forms of treatment such as medication and psychotherapy‚ however each comes with pro’s and con’s. In today’s pill popping society‚ antidepressants are becoming the number one method of treatment‚ yet how safe are they if their number one side effect is suicide? Much research has been conducted and has shown a link to antidepressants and suicide. There is also evidence that the suicide rate could be decreased with proper diagnosis‚ early detection‚ and supervised treatment when
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Would You Like Prozac With That? With all those strategically developed commercials for antidepressants such as Abilify‚ Cymbalta‚ and my personal favorite‚ Zoloft‚ it’s easy to see why one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 turns to these happy pills when they’re down. Since the late ‘90s‚ antidepressants have become very popular. So popular‚ in fact‚ that their usage has increased by 400% in the last two decades. Not only that‚ but many users don’t even need the pills. In 2011‚ the National
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Purpose of study Authors To analyse how and on what information General Practitioners (GPs) base their decision to prescribe antidepressants. This study looked at policies and practices used by GPs in regards to this problem. Subject of antidepressants has been addressed in many studies‚ recent increase in the statistics of amount of medicines prescribed for that reason shows that changes in the policies are required and this study focus on why is that. As the study was funded by Medical Research
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Antidepressants for Treatment of Psychological Disorders in Children SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor. These medications are in a class of drugs called antidepressants. Antidepressants first started being heavily marketed in the 1980’s and 1990’s to adults for the treatment of depression and anxiety. Studies done during this time showed that SSRI’s had less negative side effects compared to depression medications that were already being used. Prozac was the first drug
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issues faced with common antidepressants. Firstly producing positive results in a high number of treatment resistant patients over a very short time period‚ highlights just how little the circuitry of the brain is currently understood in terms of depression. Also by specifically identifying that not only its interactions with glutamate and the mTOR process‚ but the fact that it takes place in the pre frontal cortex as opposed to the hippocampus are vital to the antidepressant effects observed in those
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2006)16; therefore MAOI’s are used by biological psychologists to block the function of MAO‚ preventing the breakdown of monoamine neurotransmitters thereby increasing their availability. They are an older variety of antidepressant which are usually the last type of antidepressant prescribed as they have potentially serious drug and dietary interactions. (Grady & Stahl‚ 2012)17 Isocarboxazid is a commonly prescribed MAOI which has had good results in controlled trials. A response rate of 50-70%
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medication a last resort while pharmaceutical companies should develop a new youth-friendly antidepressant with fewer side effects. "Our greatest glory is not in ever falling‚ but in rising every time we fall." (Confucius) is a quote on Prozac’s website which illustrates the goal of antidepressants which is to help users pick themselves up out of depression. The irony that exists is that‚ with constant antidepressant use‚ falling refers to what happens when the medication is stopped. According to
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is an antidepressant medicine that helps with the disorder but can only be use for adults because it has side effects that wouldn’t be so good for young adults do to health problems. By taking this antidepressant it can increase the risk compared to suicidal thinking and behavior in children‚ teens‚ if fewer than 18. Another antidepressant would be ABILIFY or known as aripiprazole it is a prescription medicine that helps treat depression in adults as an add-on treatment to an antidepressant when
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