Explains what depression is, explores the history of depression research and treatment, describes the development and popularization of depression medication, and discusses controversies and alternatives.
Explores social anxiety and antidepressants, discussing diagnosis and treatments of the disorder, how drugs can help, and cognitive-behavioral therapy; and provides coping techniques.
Presents a series of twenty-one essays that address the history and development of antidepressants such as Prozac and discusses the controversy over their effectiveness in treating depression.
Explores antidepressants, focusing on marketing techniques used by pharmaceutical companies, discussing advertising, economics, and controversies, and providing a case study on Paxil.
The dynamics of the Schwartz family are drastically changed when Bernard, father of the sarcastic Chris and devout Cathy, wakes up from a coma--accidentally induced by the ingestion of two classes of antidepressants--physically and mentally impaired, and at the mercy of his children.
Explores antidepressants, focusing on their link to suicide, defining depression, and describing the drugs, violent behaviors related to their use, and the risks and benefits of using them.
Examines depression and the different therapies available to sufferers of depressive illness, providing a description of the disorder and its history and discussing how medications have affected the use of talk therapy as a treatment.
