Why Depression Is Rampant in Our Times

Eleanor Bader / AlterNet Jan 29, 2018 An interview with Johann Hari, the author of a groundbreaking new book on the roots of depression. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Antidepressants

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New Test Could Make Antidepressants Safer

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 Antidepressants are wildly popular in the United States, where one in 10 people take them. The problem is that they sometimes cause what's called suicidal ideation -- thoughts of suicide. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

British Psychologists Find Fault With DSM-V

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 16, 2013 England's Division of Clinical Psychology, which represents more than 10,000 practitioners, has criticized the latest edition of the field's leading diagnostic manual for its categorizing of normal behaviors -- such as shyness in children and depression after the death of a loved one -- as medical problems treatable with drugs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activist Spells Out Our Great Shame

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 Gus Speth, environmental lawyer, former Clinton adviser and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute, who was arrested Sunday at the White House while protesting a proposed oil pipeline, has some bad news for American optimists. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Antidepressant Nation

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2011 A serious conversation is under way in the United States on the subject of psychiatric drugs The debate consists of three fundamental issues: first, whether antidepressants actually treat depression; second, the vast, growing body of evidence that psychotropic medications (more). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Americans Double Down on Antidepressants

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2009 The number of Americans who are exploring the concept of better living through antidepressant chemistry nearly doubled in the decade from 1996 to 2005, according to a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry -- and that was well before the economic meltdown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )