Summary of “Antidepressants Prevent Suicide” In 2008 Ed Edelson stated in his article “Antidepressants Prevent Suicide” that antidepressants help prevent suicidal thoughts and tendencies. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns against the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in antidepressants in case of potential risk of suicidal signs (Edelson). Treating depression with antidepressants and/or therapy has shown a reduction of suicide attempts in patients. That the benefits of using antidepressants with SSRIs and therapy to treat depression is far greater than the small risk of getting suicidal thoughts at the beginning of the process when taking a new medication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put a warning sign on all prescribed antidepressant medications that contain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the slight chance that users begin to have a side effect of suicidal thoughts. Like with all medications the FDA has to put the warnings to alert the users of the risks and side effects of taking the medication. Dr. Greg …show more content…
“It finds that pharmaceutical and psychotherapy treatments aimed at fighting depression, reduce those attempts” (Edelson). The study was conducted with more than 70,000 people being given an antidepressant from either their doctors or psychiatrists(Edelson). Edelson quoted from the report: "The pattern of [suicide] attempts over time was the same in all three groups: highest in the month before starting treatment, next highest in the month after starting treatment, and declining thereafter.” He goes on to suggest that “Results were unchanged after eliminating patients receiving overlapping treatment with medication and psychotherapy.” About this research, Edelson concludes that “[…] in adolescents and young adults, […] the time pattern was the same across all three
Treating depressive and bipolar disorders with antidepressants remains a popular option in clinical practice. Most clinicians choose the drug or class of drugs, usually selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRI's, that is most effective and best tolerated with fewer severe side effects. These drugs are beneficial because they specifically target serotonin-based areas of the brain without affecting other neurotransmitter systems. SSRI's largely replaced tricyclic antidepressants which work by blocking the absorption (reuptake) of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, thereby increasing the levels of these two neurotransmitters in the brain. Tricyclic antidepressants present severe side effects and thus are usually only used when other treatments have failed. If SSRI's or tricyclics are not effective Monoamine oxidase inhibitors may be prescribed. MAOI's, enhance tyramine to increase norepinephrine and serotonin. While taking MAOI's you must abstain from foods and alcohol that contain tyramine such as, yogurt, aged cheese, and substances such as cold medications. This is because a potential toxic reaction could occur. Additionally, other antidepressants may be utilized such as Wellbutrin (bupropion) an NDRI-
I interviewed a different friend of mine, Leona, (not her real name) who is clinically depressed. She had used typical antidepressants since her diagnosis, but was always telling me how she felt like they did nothing to help her. Leona constantly complained about how they made her so dizzy and sleepy that she didn’t feel like doing anything and wanted to sleep all day. These things only increased her depression, and she realized that later once she looked back on her time of antidepressant use. Before Leona’s use of antidepressants,
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Depression is a relatively new concept to us, and we have had trouble understanding the disease itself, as well as the various treatments for the disease. The most productive thing we could do as a society is open the discourse for concerns about SSRI medications, and let experts inform us, as well as to continue to conduct meaningful research. Once we understand how to properly and ethically use antidepressant medications such as SSRIs, we will realize that it the basic concepts of the use of these medications is not a new or groundbreaking thing. Through a better understanding of these medications, we will be able to look at them as what they really are: tools created to ensure our survival, and to make our living more comfortable.
There is an escalating problem that is becoming more prominent among adolescent society involving the use of anti-depressant medication and its increased risk of suicidal tendencies. Studies show that more Americans are turning to antidepressants and are not informed of the irreversible dangers that are associated with taking them. Antidepressants possess a variety of different side effects just like other medications, however, there is a growing concern regarding the increasing rate of suicides among adolescent teens. Especially in today’s society, there is an alarming increase in influences that the media places upon the younger generations living in America. Antidepressant use in this age group should include high monitoring of suicidal thoughts and tendencies, and should include an increased effort to raising awareness of this issue.
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Antidepressant usage has increased all around the world and is used by all ages. Doctors are prescribing more prescriptions, even if the patient does not need the medication. “Antidepressants prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions” (Are Antidepressants overused?). This study took place in the United Kingdom; however, a lot more prescriptions are being prescribed all around the world. The use of antidepressants is increasing to an all time high because doctors do not want to waste time talking about feelings. The psychologist’s just want the patients to feel better quickly so they prescribe antidepressants. Human beings as well as doctors think that prescribing medicat...
I am quite fascinated by generalized control mechanisms and the role they play in the nervous system. I am also quite curious about the relationship between different generalized control mechanisms. The concept of mood and depression in particular have always interested me. I have always wondered what actually causes depression. Why can some people be in a perfectly good mood one day and then less than a week later start exhibiting the signs of clinical depression? I have always been curious about the role that experience and chemical imbalances play in depression and other mood disorders. I donUt totally understand how chemical depression can originate as the result of severe outside stressors in a personUs life. How can this stress go from simply stress in the experiences and environment of a person to a chemical imbalance? I have also wondered why certain people are more susceptible to depression than others. I am curious about whether genetics play a role in depression and whether certain people are more susceptible to depression because of the environment they live in or because of pharmacological reasons and genes. Throughout our class this year, I have wondered about the role that the I-function plays in depression. I find it interesting that it is possible to wake up one morning and be in a nasty mood even if I want to be in a good mood and my I-function is thinking RhappyS thoughts. Through my research for this paper I wanted to find out more about the different kinds of depression and exactly what goes on chemically in the brain when a person is depressed. I also wanted to do a little research on how depression can be treated. I wanted to try and determine how and when the line of simp...
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Waking up in the morning seems to be a task that daunts us all at some point in our lives. Fighting the grogginess that continues to descend upon someone’s waking mind. What if instead of eventually going away, that feeling stayed was there every single waking minute? People who have depression often feel this way, except instead of fighting grogginess they are fighting themselves. According to Merriam Webster antidepressants are defined as “used or tending to relieve or prevent depression” (“Definition of Antidepressants” 2018). Antidepressants are one of the most common remedies for depression. If they work effectively or not is another question. Some argue that people should be allowed to take antidepressants because they boost concentration,
Organization description Communities Healing Adolescent Depression and Suicide (CHADS) Coalition was founded by Marian And Larry McCord in memorial of their son, Chad, died by suicide at age of 18. The mission of CHADS is to save young lives by advancing the awareness and prevention of depression and suicide. We have made significant accomplishments by our dedicated staff and strong ties with schools. Various programs successful programs are offered, such as school outreach programs, community awareness presentations and classes, and family support programs. In addition, we have strong partnership with local health care organizations as well as collaborating with Dr. Joan Luby, a well-known child psychiatrist at Washington University School
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Depression affects everyone's life at sometime or another. Depression comes in a wide variety of forms, from mild unhappiness to a chemical imbalance in the mind. There are many different symptoms that reveal a person's problem with depression. If left untreated, depression may continue to develop into a serious illness or even death.
Suicidal people are frequently experiencing did not get diagnosed and treated the depression. Butcher, et al. (2011) explained that although depression is related to suicide, some other mental illness disorder is still normally related. The 90 percentage of people who attempted and successful suicide has some mental disorder and people who have two or more mental disorders are higher risk than people who have only one mental disorder. Unfortunately, there is there are only a handful had been diagnosed before their suicide because they did not know what happened and did not get caring and attention
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