Depression Medications – International Coalition for Drug Awareness

Execise: Greatly Helps Anxiety: Anxiety Disorder Association of America

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago03 mins

Healthcare providers to prescribe antidepressants for patients who suffer from depression or anxiety, these medications can sometimes come with harmful side effects. As a result, the drugs can sometimes end up doing more harm than good.

According to findings that were presented at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorder Association of America, more mental health professionals should begin prescribing alternative health resources such as exercise to their patients who suffer from anxiety as multiple reports have shown that it helps treat the condition.

JAMA: Mild to severe depression better treated with alternatives to medications

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago05 mins

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers with depression stay home
sick more often than healthy colleagues, even when their disease is treated,
according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday.

The report,
commissioned by drug maker Sanofi Aventis, suggests that employers would
benefit from better treatments of their workers for depression. Depression is
the leading cause of disability among Americans aged 15 to 44, according to
the National Institute of Mental Health.

ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Two Brothers Commit Suicide One Week Apart: Arkansas

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago013 mins

The hand reaches down as another parent
enters the room fearing the worst. The large black bag slowly unzips and the
worst fear a parent never wants to believe, that moment is here. Inside the
darkness of the body bag lies someone’s son, daughter, nephew, their niece
someone’s good friend, and another family is torn apart with grief, confusion,
and a wish it was them instead.

It is a day that
Will Bearden has seen too often in his 13 years as the Saline County Corner, and
18 years previously riding on an ambulance as an EMT. Nearly everyday Bearden
has to tell yet another family what caused the death of a loved one, and
surprising to many, he said nearly 90 percent are due to drugs and
alcohol.

ICFDA on Drug Discontinuation: Dropping “cold turkey” off any medication, most especially mind altering medications, can often be MORE DANGEROUS than staying on the drugs.

Execise: Greatly Helps Anxiety: Anxiety Disorder Association of America

JAMA: Mild to severe depression better treated with alternatives to medications

ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Two Brothers Commit Suicide One Week Apart: Arkansas