A new study shows that more than two-thirds — some 69 percent – of patients using anti-depressants do not actually meet the criteria for depressive disorder.
The study, which appears in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that many individuals who are prescribed and take antidepressant medications may not actually have a depressive disorder, and that such drugs are often used by patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria of depression.
According to the research, among the users of antidepressant medications, 69 percent never met the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD), and 38 percent also never met those for obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, or generalized anxiety disorder – for which the antidepressant medications are sometimes prescribed.
Other factors, however, unrelated to depression, were found to be associated with the use of antidepressants.
“Caucasian ethnicity, recent or current physical problems (eg, loss of bladder control, hypertension, and back pain), and recent mental health facility visits were associated with antidepressant use in addition to mental disorders,” say the researchers. (emphasis added)
As Breitbart News previously reported, psychiatrist Dr. Julie Holland penned an op-ed in the New York Times earlier this year in which she cited that […]
How are antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs tied in with the mass shootings and gun violence? This is important. We talk about gun control etc. but do we have a society on drugs they shouldn’t be on, pushed by big pharmacy that contribute to violence? This has got to be looked at closely and exposed.
I was put on antidepressants for a short period of time, and they made me feel stupid, lazy, and I got fat, too. They make you feel as if anything and everything is OK, and I suppose if the occasion arose it would make shooting someone seem OK, but I am not a psychologist, my wife is. I actually was just under stress, and that only needs a mild tranquilizer to calm the stress down, and would never equate to making killing seem OK, although antidepressants may do that to someone, especially if they are on them a long enough time. Meditation works better than medication is my mantra. Meditation works better than antidepressants or stress medication, in my opinion.