Depression is a growing problem in today’s society, it affects 1 in 10 people at some point in their lives and the number of patients diagnosed with depression increases by 20% each year. As a result, doctors have been looking for different ways to solve this problem, such as different forms of therapy or the use of antidepressants. However, there has been a large dispute over the use of antidepressants, especially in young children and adolescents. Antidepressants are used to balance the chemicals in your brain; Many people believe that antidepressants should not be prescribed to children and adolescents, because they are too young and the effects that the medication has on them could negatively affect them not only now, but later in life.
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Not all parents agree with the use of antidepressants, because they’re afraid of how it will affect their children, but there’s no denying that they are an effective form of treatment. SSRI’s, or antidepressants, are known for being a fast and reliable treatment for mental illnesses. In 2004, The American Psychiatric Association performed studies regarding what the most effective form of treating depression was and their results concluded that antidepressants appear to be impressively more effective compared to other treatments for depression, “In the limited studies that have been completed, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been studied the most often and appear to be effective in the treatment of depression” (Brock). As you can see, despite the lack of exploration for other ways of treatment, antidepressants have been proven to be more effective than others. Another reason parents have been leaning towards medicating their children with antidepressants, is the fact that they simply can’t find anything else that works quite as well. Dr. Emily Karanges informs others that, “ One factor driving these high rates of antidepressants prescription is the difficulty in finding effective treatments for children and
Not all parents agree with the use of antidepressants, because they’re afraid of how it will affect their children, but there’s no denying that they are an effective form of treatment. SSRI’s, or antidepressants, are known for being a fast and reliable treatment for mental illnesses. In 2004, The American Psychiatric Association performed studies regarding what the most effective form of treating depression was and their results concluded that antidepressants appear to be impressively more effective compared to other treatments for depression, “In the limited studies that have been completed, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been studied the most often and appear to be effective in the treatment of depression” (Brock). As you can see, despite the lack of exploration for other ways of treatment, antidepressants have been proven to be more effective than others. Another reason parents have been leaning towards medicating their children with antidepressants, is the fact that they simply can’t find anything else that works quite as well. Dr. Emily Karanges informs others that, “ One factor driving these high rates of antidepressants prescription is the difficulty in finding effective treatments for children and