Prozac ( Fluoxetine ) And Suicide

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between antidepressants and risk of suicide during first few weeks of beginning treatment. Using the data from the Integrated Primary Care Information database, researchers were able to conduct a population cohort study between the years of 1994 and 2012. Patients were followed from the beginning of antidepressant therapy until they attempted/committed suicide

Many of these young people committing these crimes are doing it because there is some type of rejection in their life. Doctors try to alleviate there symptoms by giving them higher doses of medication making it worse. In the article by Arbercheski she describes a shooting on December of 2000 when Micheal McDermott went on a shooting rampage at his workplace. It was determined during his trial that he had increased his antidepressant medication, Prozac, from 70 milligrams to 210 milligrams per day. There was also two other recent cases where

Antidepressant drugs taken by children have been linked to increased risk of suicide. Exasperated mental health professionals began prescribing antidepressants to children and teens in large proportions in the 1990’s, even though studied safety of such drugs for use in minors had not been conducted. Consequently, standard growth models and brain development may be impaired by the use of these drugs. Moreover, children may be risking one evil for another as adult years could prove to hold adverse side effects and health risks from prolonged use of these drugs.

Antidepressant drugs, which can be lifesaving, are being underused in young people. Their use fell significantly after the Food and Drug Administration issued its black-box warning in October of 2004, stating that all antidepressants were associated with a risk of increased suicidal feeling, thinking and behavior in adolescents; later on that warning was extended to young adults (Friedman 1). The Food and Drug Administration-FDA ordered drug companies to place a black-box warning on antidepressant drugs, this would then allow parents to see the side effects the drug might come with. As antidepressants can have its benefits, it is not the only way to treat a mental illness like depression. The majority of parents believe antidepressant is the only treatment and that psychotherapy is a waste of time and money. “About 80 percent of people with depression respond positively to professional medical treatment--usually talk therapy, medication or a combination of both--and almost all patients gain some relief from their symptoms. Unfortunately, less than half of those with depression seek treatment(Clayton

One out of every four Americans suffered from a mental illness, yet 60% of them never received treatment (Berkowicz, 2013). An increased awareness of the effect of psychiatric drugs led some to believe that use of them by teen led to violence. In the last several years 31 acts of school violence occurred by people taking, on withdrawal of, or abusing psychiatric drugs. These

By identifying the cause of the problem at its roots, we are lead to believe that we may be able to stop it before it sprouts. The murderer, in the case of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, was “socially awkward and reserved”, as Ben Stein puts it in his article in The American Spectator (Stein). Perhaps our killer had a similar background to many of our American youth. With increasing trends in teen depression and suicide, and the implementation of more and more prescription anti-depressants and anxiety medications, there are adverse side-effects. Peter Breggin, in an excerpt from his article on Naturalnews.com, states that “psychiatric drugs, including antidepressants, stimulants, and tranquilizing sedatives, can cause violence” (Breggin). While this assumption does hold true in some cases, are we really to be blaming the drug for the acts of the human, already unstable and unreliable? And are we to take a true monster like the Sandy Hook shooter and compare him to any troubled young man, dealt a bad hand and struck with anxiety? Stein includes a quote from John R. Coyne, Jr., “There is evil in the world. It’s beyond mental illness, beyond gun control. It is evil” (Stein). Perhaps to blame the medication for an unspeakable crime is to blame a scapegoat for an act of pure and undisputed

While this writer had some rudimentary knowledge of the impact serotonin had on the brain, "Why? The Neuroscience of Suicide" by Carol Ezzell piqued my curiosity on the role levels of serotonin and the process by which it is absorbed in the brain affect suicidal patients. This article was recently posted on the Neurology and Behavior website as supplemental reading for neurology and behavior's spring semester 2003 class. In this article the writer Carol Ezzell weaves her own personal experience with informative reporting of groundbreaking neuroscience research on suicide. Through further research I discovered various articles on a group of scientists from Columbia

While medication may be taken worldwide and is much more commonly used for depression, it isn’t always the best solution. Causing potential problems such as nausea, headaches, insomnia and even increased suicide rate. In comparison, therapy allows connection, interaction, someone to trust, and overall monitoring of the patient's progress. Which option is more beneficial to the patients? Medication or therapy? The research done will help determine that option. This option will be very beneficial to a growing community around the world. This research project aims to explore the risk of overdosing when treating depression with antidepressants. Taking medication while being diagnosed with depression although may be helpful, it can be dangerous and life threatening.

I was fascinated about the story of the young woman suffering from depression. Last year, my grandmother passed away and it affected my mother severely. My mother experienced a great loss, and is still coping as of today. I agree with your statement about losing something or someone meaningful is similar to losing part of ourselves. From witnessing my mother’s state firsthand, I do not believe that medication treats depression. In fact, I believe antidepressants/antipsychotics contain side effects that are worse than depression. People may become addicted to taking antidepressants and possibly commit suicide. Today, my mother is in a better state, however, she has her moments where she feels alone due to the loss of her mother. My mother believes

“I no longer recommend psychiatric medications to anyone. I believe the science behind this is seriously flawed. It is based on false assumptions that lead to self-perpetuating mythology (and huge profits for drug companies).” (Smith). While it may sound appealing to simply take a pill for each of your problems, it has almost become common knowledge that medications which directly affect the brain, especially in the long term, can have many direct and indirect consequences. Nearly ¼ of all Americans are diagnosed with either a personality disorder or as, and are prescribed some type of psychiatric medication. The three most popular antipsychotics alone are a $15 billion industry, with stimulants and antidepressants nearly being just as

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are currently one of the most controversial groups of medicines, with fluoxetine, more commonly known by its brand name Prozac, at the head of the controversy. Opponents of the use of SSRI medications as a successful and safe method for treating depression and related disorders assert that the actions of the drug are an unnatural and a dangerous form of tampering with our neurochemistry. Not only are these medications incredibly safe in almost all cases, they are actually an unnatural method of modifying an already disordered, natural sequence of chemicals in the brain, and therefore are not a form of tampering, but are a method for fixing

Book Summary Peter Kramer’s book, “Listening to Prozac” investigates the use of the medication fluoxetine, or better known as Prozac. Prozac is a selective serotonin inhibitor (SSRI) which means that it affects chemicals in the brain believed to responsible for depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Prozac is prescribed to treat these mental illnesses and is currently one of the most widely-used antidepressants used in the United States. According to Kramer’s book, not only does Prozac treat depression but it make people feel better than well. It was explained in this book that Prozac can transform the client’s behavior.

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”. This is an important verse to consider since aggression is often associated with the with domestic violence. As mentioned earlier, when batterer intervention and counseling programs prove to be ineffective in treating perpetrators of domestic violence, compassionate medical management via pharmacotherapy may be necessary. The advantage of pharmacotherapy is that not only does it treat aggression, it concurrently treats agitation likewise. This is an added benefit due to the fact agitation is often associated and considered an early warning sign of aggression (Nordstrom and Allen, 2013). Since aggression is subtyped into nonmutual exclusive dimensions each subtype as it relates to the perpetrator has its own treatment implications (Muscari, 2016). Having made this clear, two such drugs that can be used to effectively treat the type of aggression seen in domestic violence are antidepressants and antipsychotics. Antidepressants like fluoxetine (Prozac) are beneficial since they have been proven effective in the treatment of verbal and physical impulsive aggression (Felthous and Stanford, 2015). Antipsychotics, both first and second generation,

Aggression is a deliberate series of actions that lead to harm, injury, or destruction of another organism, and is the most common factor promoting violent crimes. Beyond being the immediate cause of physical injury, aggressive behavior also produces profound long term emotional disabilities in its victims. When outburst of aggression is comorbid with DSM-IV-defined neuropsychiatric disorders, the offenders are usually given psychiatric care; however, when they appear normal or healthy, their most likely fate is punishment by the law. This punitive approach often increases aggression, thereby promoting the propensity for violent crimes. Antipsychotics are the drugs commonly used for treatment of aggression and violent outbursts. However, the

Depression and Mental Illness: Crime or Violence/ Treatment or Punishment ABSTRACT Statement of the Problem According to Michael D. Yapko, PhD,(1997) "in every way, depression is a growing problem. Rates of depression have steadily climbed over the last 50 years and are significantly higher in those born after 1954 than in those born before. In addition, the average age of on-set depressive episode is steadily decreasing it is now mid-20s whereas it once was mid-30s. Cross-cultural data show that the United States has a higher rate of depression and mental illness than almost any other country, and that as Asian countries Westernize their rates of depression increase correspondingly."(p.37) And according to the Illinois State