Antidepressant

helping the patient to avoid from performing tasks compulsively. Finally, drug use is believed by professionals to be successful at treating patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Since one of the causes for the disorder is lack of serotonin, antidepressants recuperate the lost serotonin, such as clomipramine, amitriptyline, imipramine, and much more. Despite all of these treatments available, a person is always capable of

Trichotillomania is defined as a self-induced and recurrent loss of hair.[3] It includes the criterion of an increasing sense of tension before pulling the hair and gratification or relief when pulling the hair.[1] However, some people with trichotillomania do not endorse the inclusion of "rising tension and subsequent pleasure, gratification, or relief" as part of the criteria;[1] because many individuals with trichotillomania may not realize they are pulling their hair, patients presenting for

The argument regarding the use of antidepressants has been increasing over time. With our lives more stressed than ever, the age in which they are being prescribed also become younger. As a society where ‘there is a pill for that’, have we completely ignored traditional medicine? Are we setting the youth up for failure for not addressing the underlining problem, or is the answer upping the legal age of the use? The answer is yes, we are essentially setting our kids up for an unsure future. With the

Did Your Teenager Take the Antidepressant Paxil? Paxil is an antidepressant drug that has been prescribed for millions of children and teenagers who are suffering from depression. Since the early 2000s when a study was published stating the drug was safe for this age group, it has been a fundamental treatment option for many doctors working with adolescents. However, a new report has been published refuting the earlier study’s claim. Paxil Not Safe for Kids and Teens The new study reviews the clinical

warnings that a paradoxical risk of suicide ideation accompanied antidepressant usage in adolescents. Originally applicable to teenagers aged 13 to 17, the warnings were expanded to include young adults aged 18 to 24 in 2007 (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2007). These warnings have eroded public confidence in antidepressants, causing fewer prescriptions to be issued (Gibbons, 2007). The FDA’s conclusion that newer antidepressants (SSRIs) cause suicide ideation in young people comes from a comprehensive

Companies stand to lose a lot of profits once the patent expires on a widely used drug. The hugely popular antidepressant Prozac was a drug about to lose its patent, so what could the company do? They didn't want to lose millions of dollars did they? The company came up with a new plan, they created a new condition, PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder), and then

Antidepressants are a prescription drug now used by people of all ages. They have become a part of society, therefore, taking antidepressants is not frowned upon. Antidepressants are used to make people feel “happier” and not to feel sadness. This is shown in the dystopian society in the book Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley in 1932. In that society the people use soma, a well-known drug, to make them feel no pain and are conditioned to think soma fixes everything. Helmholtz and Bernard two

efficacy of antidepressant medication and cognitive therapy, the two main treatment methods used for depression today. The discussion has, however, been characterized by conflicting claims, resulting in a debate over what should be used rather than us having definite conclusion of how patients are best helped. The extensive research of Elkin et al (1989)

BEATING DEPRESSION The demand for antidepressants has skyrocketed since the early 1990’s with a majority of users being adults. Appalling to this fact is that about half of those under the prescriptions have in the recent past visited a mental health professional. In addition to this, almost 60 percent of those who use antidepressant do not really need them. I also concur with the fact that our modern lifestyle has contributed so much to augment depression rate. It is normal to feel depressed and

A lot of the direct-to-consumer advertisement research uses antidepressant medication ads as their variable of choice since that is the medication most advertised on both television and in print. However, there are very few advertisements for non-medication based intervention even though it has been show to be just as effective in the treatment of depression. This is because the companies that provide these interventions do not have the budget that the pharmaceutical companies possess. If given the