Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 24, 2012, at 18:51:41
In reply to Re: Do antidepressants do more Harm than good ?, posted by Nootril on September 24, 2012, at 14:08:09
To my mind, the fairly dramatic drop in the suicide rate that occured around 1960 (When imipramine and phenelzine were introduced into psychiatry) suggests that the antidepressant drugs do far more good than they do harm.
I think that the thresholds for prescribing such drugs have probably dropped too low (particularly in north america?), doctors seem to be starting to prescribe them for anyone who is unhappy or dissatisfied with life, but these drugs when prescribed properly can be life saving or life changing, releasing people from the grip of crippling depression, anxiety and OCD, and preventing suicide
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