Antidepressant

SSRI’s and SNRI’s and other types of Antidepressant increase thoughts of Suicide. However, the significance of the findings on suicidal thinking is still vague and uncertain. The lifetime suicide rate of people with major depression is 15%, and depression can also be lethal in other ways. (Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2005) The Elderly According to an article published by Harvard Mental Health Center (2005) SSRIs are safer than tricyclic antidepressants for the elderly because they do not…

In the world of psychiatry nearly all drugs in use today were created between 1950 and 1969. It’s hard to imagine with so many drug commercials on TV revealing new and groundbreaking products, that the same products being advertised today were actually created based on chemistry performed more than 60 years ago (Klein, p.259, 2014). The reason behind this is simple. The creation of new drugs based on finding new molecular entities is extremely costly. For the Federal Drug Administration (FDA)…

Supporters claim that antidepressants is the best solution for dealing with this type of illness. People of all ages have been able to live more fulfilling lives. According to the article " Are antidepressant drugs safe for young patients" it states "By making treatment of depression easier, they say, the drugs have allowed many people to overcome the stigma traditionally associated with mental health problems. As a result, Americans are more honest about their mental health, allowing them to…

This article about antidepressants starts by talking about how the use of antidepressants has increased throughout the decades. The article suggest that depression is being misdiagnosed in many patients who think have depression when they really do not. These people are turning to antidepressants to address and deal with feeling sad and stress in their life. The article suggests that depression can be properly diagnosed and treated with a psychiatrist, but people turn to their primary care…

can not control by themselves? 6,854 felt sad or hopeless, 6,857 made a plan to attempt suicide, 5,900 attempted suicide that resulted in medical care. Many people think the best way to treat depression in teenagers is by medication but, yet antidepressants can cause suicidal thoughts and is only most effective when used with other treatments. Therefore we should take teenage depression more serious and must, need a therapy…

Bupropion is an antidepressant drug that selectively inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine. Depressed patients who did not respond to the SSRI could use bupropion to improve their symptoms, but the side effects are also presented, especially seizures which are four times higher to occur in bupropion than other antidepressants (1998). Like serotonergic antidepressants, the article (1998) noted that bupropion has been shown to be effective…

depression that can not be driven away by therapy and placebos. Antidepressants can be imperative for teenagers with depression through reassurance that their disease is curable, benefits not offered by other forms of treatment, and preventing possible fatality. Dysthymia, or chronic depression, is a mental disease characterized by a lingering sorrow, self-loathing, and immense feeling…

Everybody has it. It is a natural part of life. Fortunately for most of us it isn't intense and persistent. It is anxiety. When speaking in front of a class, when peering down from a ledge, when waiting to play in the big game, anyone of us might feel anxious. But when this occasional uneasiness becomes overwhelming and an everyday occurrence, one might be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are psychological…

1. Distinguish between postpartum blues and postpartum depression. I want you to use several references and really discuss this topic. (3points) Postpartum blues- this is also known as baby blues. Baby blues tend to happen within the first two or three says after the delivery process. This process can last up to two weeks. This is a normal part of early motherhood. According to American pregnancy baby blues can happen to 70- 80% of new mothers. They can experience negative feeling of their self…

inhibiting the neuronal uptake of both dopamine and norepinephrine (Stall, Godwin, & Juurlink, 2014). Bupropion is also an antagonist for acetylcholine (Stall et al., 2014). Bupropion is considered a second generation antidepressant (Moreira, 2011). Compared to other antidepressants, bupropion acts as a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (Moreira, 2011). Bupropion can be taken in a once daily extended release tablet or an immediate release tablet that is taken three times a day…