There are a wide variety of different medications used in the treatment of mental health conditions such as antidepressants, psychotropics and mood stabilisers. This article aims to explore the role of lithium in treating bipolar disorder with key areas to be explored listed below Read the full article here
Antidepressants Don’t Help Patients With Mild Disorders, Researchers Find
By Simeon Bennett Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Antidepressants such as those made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc may be no better than dummy pills for people with mild or moderate depression, according to a study that suggests 70 percent of patients wouldn’t benefit from the drugs. Read the full article here
Meditation on prescription: charity urges new remedy for depression
Meditation techniques should be widely available on prescription, say experts today, pointing to evidence that emptying the mind is more likely to help people out of the cycle of recurrent depression than pills. Meditation may for some evoke images of Buddhist chanting and the Beatles bedecked with flowers in their period of devotion to the [...]
One in 10 ‘on anti-depressants’ in Scotland
Every 10th adult in Scotland is taking anti-depressant medication daily, according to health service statistics. Read the full article here
Recession sees antidepressant use soar
Official figures estimate 9.7 per cent of people aged 15 and over take medication for depression, with the total number of prescriptions rising to more than four million for the first time. Read the full article here
‘Doctors should stop pushing drugs at depressed people’
Despite a large increase in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) doctors are still pushing drugs at patients, according to Dr Jennifer Wild, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry. In this week’s Scrubbing Up, she argues that GPs need to understand that psychological therapies like CBT work and should choose to offer them. Read the [...]
Prozac rise ‘down to serial use’
An increase in prescriptions for anti-depressants is due to doctors giving drugs to the same people for longer periods of time, a study has found. Read the full article here
