Questions:
1. What is Depression?
2. What are antidepressants?
3. What is their purpose?
4. How do they work?
5. What are the side effects?
6. How severe can the side effects get?
7. Does your body become chemically dependent on them?
8. Who should take them?
9. What other warnings should be included on the label?
Just a little Humor to the subject.
Depression
Introspection>>Humor
Sources:
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA Website)
Antidepressants:MedlinePlus (MedlinePlus Website)
Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Coexisting Mental Illness and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (book)
Drug Therapy (book)
Make sure to include at least a couple of questions that broaden out beyond just pamphlet-type info on antidepressants. Can you identify any controversies? Are people being overdiagnosed or maybe more importantly overmedicated for depression these days? One of yr links suggests this, but that source, I think, is blog and you could do better to find more credible source. I'm not sure how useful the DBSA site is?? Be sure to check database for articles, which may be easier to get info from because they're a little shorter.
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