Mental illnesses have seen various revolutionary changes when it comes to treatment. From asylums, to the introduction of the first antipsychotic in the 1950s, it goes without saying that treatment for these taboo ailments have been anything but ordinary. (Healy, 1-4) In fact, most research involving neurochemistry used today is still relatively questionable. Psychiatry’s most recent revolution, the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, has only been around for 30 years. Consequently, the mentally ill, in a moment of desperation, sign themselves away to be guinea pigs and expose themselves to destructive side effects.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy, known as CBT, is sometimes used alongside antidepressants to treat depression. It helps the patient identify the reason they’re depressed and make lifestyle changes while antidepressants suppress the feelings. However, studies have shown that the use of CBT on its own, without medication, has proven to be just as effective as the use of antidepressants on their own. In addition, the chance of relapse is significantly lower in patients who use opt to just use CBT. (Qaseem, …show more content…
The Creation of Psychopharmacology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2002. Print.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Health, United States 2015 with Special Feature on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf
Kantor, Elizabeth D. "Prescription Drug Use in US Adults 1999-2012." JAMA. American Medical Association, 03 Nov. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2017.
Kirsch, Irving. “Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect.” Zeitschrift Fur Psychologie 222.3 (2014): 128–134. PMC. Web. 21 Apr. 2017.
Qaseem, A., M. J. Barry, D. Kansagara, and P. H. Clinical. "Nonpharmacologic Versus Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians." Annals of internal medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 01 Mar. 2016. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
Szalavitz, Maia. "Top Ten Legal Drugs Linked to Violence." Time. Time, 07 Jan. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
Hang The Bankers. "List of School Shootings on Antidepressants." Hang The Bankers. Hang The Bankers, 25 June 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
Kondro, Wayne. “UK Bans, Health Canada Warns about Antidepressants.” CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal 171.1 (2004): 23. PMC. Web. 20 Apr.
As a federal regulator, the Food and Drug Administration has a responsibility to protect fragile people in society. …show more content…
Cognitive behavioral therapy, known as CBT, is sometimes used alongside antidepressants to treat depression. It helps the patient identify the reason they’re depressed and make lifestyle changes while antidepressants suppress the feelings. However, studies have shown that the use of CBT on its own, without medication, has proven to be just as effective as the use of antidepressants on their own. In addition, the chance of relapse is significantly lower in patients who use opt to just use CBT. (Qaseem, …show more content…
The Creation of Psychopharmacology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2002. Print.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Health, United States 2015 with Special Feature on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf
Kantor, Elizabeth D. "Prescription Drug Use in US Adults 1999-2012." JAMA. American Medical Association, 03 Nov. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2017.
Kirsch, Irving. “Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect.” Zeitschrift Fur Psychologie 222.3 (2014): 128–134. PMC. Web. 21 Apr. 2017.
Qaseem, A., M. J. Barry, D. Kansagara, and P. H. Clinical. "Nonpharmacologic Versus Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians." Annals of internal medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 01 Mar. 2016. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
Szalavitz, Maia. "Top Ten Legal Drugs Linked to Violence." Time. Time, 07 Jan. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
Hang The Bankers. "List of School Shootings on Antidepressants." Hang The Bankers. Hang The Bankers, 25 June 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
Kondro, Wayne. “UK Bans, Health Canada Warns about Antidepressants.” CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal 171.1 (2004): 23. PMC. Web. 20 Apr.