Depression is a condition that is routinely diagnosed; however, controversies about the
diagnosis remain. Some argue that depression goes undiagnosed, while others argue that …

Since the approval of fluoxetine in 1987, there have been contentious debates about
whether antidepressants “work.” A recent meta-analysis on the efficacy and tolerability of …

Discontents surrounding depression are many, and include concerns about a creeping
appropriation of everyday kinds of misery; divergent opinions on the diagnostic category …

Over the past 15 years, the rates at which antidepressants are prescribed have increased
dramatically. Adherence, however, is often low and considered to be problematic. Using a …

Critiques of antidepressants in public spaces such as print media, blogs, social media,
websites, and radio and television programs are now commonplace. Such critiques typically …

Beyond the brute pain of depression, individuals enduring this problem also commonly face
a more subtle, added burden related to both societal and personal confusion about the basic …

The UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guidelines recommend
routine prescription of antidepressants for moderate to severe depression. While many …

Literature suggests that chronic and long-term prescriptions of antidepressant medication
(ADM) in the United States and around the world continue to rise and many clinical …

Originally a psychiatric diagnosis fashioned by Western psychiatry in the twentieth century,
depression evolved to encompass varying lineages of discourse and care. This article …

Gold and Olin (2009) claim that the widespread use of antidepressants is a problem and that
neither philosophy nor psychiatry are in a position to provide the conceptual and scientific …