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Have Anti Depressanta Proven to be effective?
Kramer vs. Fisher and Greenburg
Kramers basic Premise
SSRI's can literally transform personality
Three classses of Anti Depressants Medications
MAO inhibitors
Tricyclics
SSRI's
MAO Inhibitors
Ex. Parnate
Many side effects, plus Risk of high blood pressure if certain food arent avoided
Tricyclics
Ex. Imipramine
Many side effects
SSRI's
Ex. PRozac
Inhibit reuptake of serotonin
fewer side effects
Soft sign
very subtle symptoms the average person would notice but that a trained clinician can pick up
Affective Loading
biological, genetically propensity to develop a given problem such as depression, would prob see symptoms in parents or other relatives
Cosmetic Psychopharmacology
Using psychotropic drugs to improve quaility of life even of they are really in need for acceptable funtioning
Fisher and Greenberg
Anti depressant is overrated
Placebos help 20 to 30% of the patients
Research Record
30 to 40% of studies show no difference between drug and placebo
Filling Cabinent Phenonmenon
Studies with negative outcomes tend not to be published
Spontaneous remission (regression to the mean)
people seek out help when at their worst so they will likely improve to some extent over time with or without treatment
Relapse
When taken off drug 60% or more patients relaspe within a year
Poop Out Effect
Antidepressant may be helpful initially but they may stop working after a time , body adapts
Double blind study
neother the patient nor the doctor knows who is in the drug or placebo groups
Active Vs. Inactive Placebo
Active placebos mimic the drugs side effects, most studies use inactive (inert) placebos
Richard Thomson
Demonstrated that use of an "active" placebo eliminiated the superiority of an antidespressant over and inactive placebo
Drug Cocktails
Practive in which some doctors prescribe multiple psychotropic drugs and the same time. Dont know what actually causing the improvments or worsenings
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Controversial Issues Exam 2 Part 1
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Controversial Issues Exam 2
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2012-03-25T04:15:59Z
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