peer reviewed and credible. The articles are: Antidepressants Are an Effective Treatment for Depression by Betty Smartt Carter‚ Exercise Can Be Psychologically Harmful by Rebecca Prussian‚ & The Results of Electroconvulsive Therapy Are Unpredictable by Benedict Carey. All three have viewpoints on some of the different types of treatments for depression: antidepressants‚ exercise‚ plus electroconvulsive therapy. The first article is for antidepressants‚ saying that they are an effective treatment for
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1. Phenelzine (Nardil) - antidepressant‚ monoamine oxidase inhibitor. -Indicated for use: depression in patients who have failed other modes of therapy (tricyclic antidepressants‚ SSRIs‚ SSNRIs‚ or EC therapy). -also used in: panic disorder‚ social anxiety disorder -Action: inhibits the enzyme monoamine oxidase‚ resulting in accumulation of various neurotransmitters (dopamine‚ epinephrine‚ norepinephrine‚ and serotonin) in the body. -Therapeutic effects: improvement in mood for depressed patients
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Does cognitive-behavioral therapy work just as well as antidepressants when treating depression? How we perceive our depression is what helps to determine the type of treatment necessary. Antidepressants treat the common symptoms of depression rather than the condition while therapy helps change the thought process so the disease is cured in the end. Many studies are done to provide necessary information to what the answer to this question should be. The following articles provided studies that explained
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Synthesis In each of the 9 studies there seems to be a prevailing issue with multiple forms of yoga therapy being practiced by the patients. Yoga is in actuality a broad term used to encompass a wide range of activities including pranaayam‚ saanas and meditation (Sharma & Haider 2012). Within these subgroups‚ there are multiple levels of practice (Posadzki et al. 2014). There are thousands styles of aasana practice such as Iyengar‚ Kundalini‚ Hatha‚ Ashtanga‚ and Vinyasa. Also‚ there are thousands
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Antidepressants are overprescribed Mitrea (2007) defines antidepressants as an agent or a drug that is most commonly used to prevent or treat depression. However‚ in today’s society it could be said that antidepressants are being over prescribed and are being used to treat a vast range of other conditions‚ as well as clinical depression. When the first antidepressant was developed‚ manufacturers were reluctant to put it on the market due to the extremely low number of people suffering from depression
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The average person is faced with thousands of issues every single day‚ and often they are recognized and handled‚ but other times there are some that are overlooked. Sleep debt‚ an issue that many do not even know exist‚ and yet are plagued by on it an everyday basis. When you skip a night of full rest‚ is it possible to catch up? Most people will simply attempt to return to a normal schedule‚ but yet they cannot shake the feeling of lethargy. This issue is the subject of many studies and investigations
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What are antidepressants? Antidepressants are generally all the name says‚ drugs used to treat depression.The antidepressants are drugs that minimizes the symptoms that are related to depression. It’s a perfect balance of chemicals that are often called trigger drugs. The medicine treats the symptoms by using chemical imbalances of the neurotransmitters located in the brain to send correcting signals. To completely understand how antidepressants work you must understand the reason of why they
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Minimum Wage For years there has been disagreement over whether the minimum wage should be raised or not. Some believe that by raising the minimum wage‚ many Americans would be able to rise above the poverty line and have access to their dream. Others disagree saying that raising the minimum wage would only make it more difficult for businesses to pay workers and people would lose incentive to work hard. The only just choice is to raise the minimum wage so that hard working Americans can exceed
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9/13/12 Mrs. Braha Period 1 Personal Essay Pushing yourself and always striving for achievement is not an easy thing to accomplish. Never taking the simple route in life and always working hard to become the strongest person possible takes a lot of hard work and devotion. In my life‚ hard work and perseverance have been the only paths to success. This is why people that know me well would describe me as a dedicated human being. I work diligently in school to maintain high
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Hello Dr. Brown‚ Thank you for your reply. I do believe that it is a challenge for physicians to decide which antidepressant would produce optimal outcome for their patients. Some patients may only need one specific drug‚ while others may need a combination of antidepressants to manage the disease. Hence‚ the results from clinical studies/research are of importance to provide medical practitioners information that are relevant to their practice. Now I will try to answer your question‚ “Given the
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