Antidepressants - The pros and cons of pharmaceutics

Imagine a lobotomy…A saw cracking your skull, followed by a surgical knife slicing and dicing a large portion of your brain - the portion responsible for helping you cope with all the nastiness in the world. You know, things like the exorbitant income tax or the millions of children who ...

Depression is the most common form of mental health disorder going, affecting literally millions of people. In the United States alone for instance, twenty percent of people or so are depressed. Unfortunately, many people who are depressed never get any form of treatment for their depression at all. When a ...

There are many chemical processes that take place within the human brain. These chemical processes are responsible for the many functions of the human body as well as the mind. Depression, being a state of mind, is a product of the chemical reactions that take place inside the brain. There are ...

Although a drug detox program may be needed after long-term antidepressant use, a simple exercise program offers measurable benefits not just to patients, but to society at large With antidepressant prescriptions at an all-time high in this country, one wonders if physicians were listening nearly a decade ago when researchers at ...