Posts for 'Antidepressants' Category

Prescriptions of the controversial drugs have increased rapidly with pills for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder up by one third in two years and antidepressant use in children under 16 rising by six per cent, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

The figures show there were 420,000 prescriptions issued for ADHD medication to children under the age of 16 in 2007, meaning around 35,000 children were on the drugs in England. This is up by one third since 2005. It is thought one in five school age children in England have the condition.

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USE of antidepressant drugs in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2005, probably because of a mix of factors, researchers reported on Monday.

About 6 per cent of people were prescribed an antidepressant in 1996 - 13 million people. This rose to more than 10 per cent or 27 million people by 2005, the researchers found.

'Significant increases in antidepressant use were evident across all sociodemographic groups examined, except African Americans.

Dr Mark Olfson of Columbia University in New York and Steven Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia wrote in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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There is a reason why there are strict laws against medicines being sold only with a prescription-not only are they harmful taken without a doctor's consultation, but also usually do not take effect in the manner desired by the consumer. Incorrect or excessive dosage is potentially dangerous.

Antidepressants are medicines used for depression treatment.Antidepressants help by raising the extent ofexcitatory neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, that stimulate chemicals in the brain to stabilize mood disorders.Such medicines are helpful as they are usually safe, non-addictive and provide substantial relief as therapeutic medicines towards mental disorders. They are also commonly safe from abuse.

Some antidepressants which have shown evidence of abuse, especially those that are tricyclic and heterocyclic, i.e. antidepressants which are monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).

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Introduction Change in social and economical states throughout the world although has brought prosperity among the individuals of the world but at a price. It has brought both physical and mental stressors. Now people have to work harder and under mental tensions. Now the depression is prevalent everywhere at office, in transport and also at home. To relieve those stressors people are trying every type of therapy be it drugs or some exercise or some kind of psychotherapy so as to work efficiently.

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People have to face depression naturally everyday & that is really painful & irritating .actually none of us know what is the exact reason behind depression & what it can hit someone but we can identify it by the way of our attitude & behavior.

Depression can affect our whole life style & the way we live and interact with the people around us. So in these situation people want to know about the treatment more over they must have the knowledge about how they overcome from this serious problem that definitely require some solution.

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The University of Washington has come up with a research that says anti-social behaviour among girls and anxiety among both sexes act as pointers to depression in early adolescence.

According to James Mazza, the lead author of the new study and a UW professor of educational psychology "Anti-social behaviour has typically been viewed as a big problem among boys, so it tends to be ignored among girls".

"Boys with early anti-social behaviour typically go on to show more anti-social behaviour while girls may turn inward with symptoms, morphing into other mental health problems such as depression eating disorders, anxiety and suicidal behaviour during adolescence"

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