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The writer uses Internet sites to discuss psychiatric drugs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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to gather information about drugs used in psychiatric treatment. Discussion A search on WebMD for the term "psychiatric drugs" yields 29 results, which are divided into nine categories, including health
and balance, depression, schizophrenia and others. Because it seems to be common, and since it is debilitating, well look at the entries for depression. The three articles chosen are not
about a particular drug, but cover various issues related to psychiatric drugs. The first article deals with the use of antidepressants, which some people now believe are being overprescribed (Boyles).
The controversy came to light when Tom Cruise, in an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today Show, "strongly condemned the use of psychiatric drugs and claimed that there is
no proof that chemical imbalances in the brain drive depression" (Boyles). Not surprisingly, psychiatrists have vigorously defended the use of the drugs, but a British psychiatrist sides with Cruise (Boyles).
Joanna Moncrieff, a "senior lecturer in psychiatry at University College London, argues that the clinical evidence does not justify the use of antidepressants - particularly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- as the treatment of choice for moderate to severe depression" (Boyles). SSRIs are widely prescribed and include Zoloft and Prozac among others (Boyles). Moncrieff argues that there is no
"real evidence" that the drugs are effective: "We have been treating all comers with antidepressants for years now, and we have seen an increase rather than a decrease in depression
at the community level" (Boyles). Moncrieff and Irving Kirsch, PhD, have published a study that calls on British public health officials to reevaluate the policy now in place of "recommending
antidepressants as the first treatment for moderate to severe depression" (Boyles). Their study cites earlier work done by both Moncrieff and Kirsch; the latter reviewed 47 studies done on the
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