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Surprising study suggests taking antidepressants... even if you're NOT depressed - C C - Oct 11, 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8826591/Surprising-study-suggests-antidepressants-NOT-depressed.html
INTRO: It is an idea as concerning as it is intriguing – prescribing a course of antidepressants to perfectly happy people. The medication, already taken by seven million Britons, could, it is suggested, be an effective tool for warding off the ever-increasing tide of mental illness if taken before there’s even a hint of symptoms.
It might seem a ludicrous theory, at a time when antidepressants are believed to already be over-prescribed – but it comes from one of the UK’s leading psychiatrists.
Based on the results of analysis of 28 studies, Dr Saeed Farooq, professor of psychiatry at Keele University, likened the treatment to using aspirin to prevent heart attacks. His report, published in the Journal Of Affective Disorders, found that prescribing the pills to high-risk patients, such as those recovering from severe illnesses, significantly reduced the chances of developing depression – by more than 70 per cent in some cases, the researchers suggest.
The results come as Britain’s top psychiatrists warn of a looming mental-health crisis that awaits us post-Covid. Soaring demand for mental-health support has resulted in a quarter of patients now waiting at least three months for an appointment, according to figures from the Royal College of Psychiatrists released last week... (MORE)
RE: Surprising study suggests taking antidepressants... even if you're NOT depressed - Syne - Oct 11, 2020
Or maybe that's being pushed by socialized medicine since by the time they could see you, you may have already committed suicide.
RE: Surprising study suggests taking antidepressants... even if you're NOT depressed - stryder - Oct 11, 2020
There is no such thing as an easy option. The problem with Psychiatrists prescribing drugs to alleviate conditions is they don't remove the underlining problem and more than likely have a myriad of side effects that a person already suffering a problem then has to endure.
Succumbing to drug usage to "hide" a problem will never truly make it go away. That's one of the main reasons why you'll likely hear about the concerns of "relapses" with people that are undergoing prescriptions.
Ideally if someone is suffering depression or anxiety the only true way to deal with it is hit it head on. Root out the cause and attempt to overcome it it naturally (For instance some people turn to exercise, a new hobby or while awkward at this time socialisation.), after all the sense of accomplishment of beating something is itself a way to beat back the anxiety or depression (which a majority of the time is usually down to a person feeling alone and struggling to cope alone)
RE: Surprising study suggests taking antidepressants... even if you're NOT depressed - Syne - Oct 11, 2020
I agree 100%, Stryder. In a past life, I compiled a list of psychiatric drug side-effects to help train police on what behaviors they may actually be dealing with. And the Physician's Desk Reference shows how a person prescribed a drug for depression may then need a drug to suppress a side effect, in a vicious cycle that ultimately led to a drug that had depression as a side effect.
RE: Surprising study suggests taking antidepressants... even if you're NOT depressed - confused2 - Oct 15, 2020
(Oct 11, 2020 02:07 AM)Syne Wrote: Or maybe that's being pushed by socialized medicine since by the time they could see you, you may have already committed suicide.
Someone probably got paid many thousands of pounds to figger that out.
RE: Surprising study suggests taking antidepressants... even if you're NOT depressed - Syne - Oct 15, 2020
(Oct 15, 2020 01:08 AM)confused2 Wrote:(Oct 11, 2020 02:07 AM)Syne Wrote: Or maybe that's being pushed by socialized medicine since by the time they could see you, you may have already committed suicide.
Someone probably got paid many thousands of pounds to figger that out.
Yep. Can't sell drugs to dead people.