Study: More Than Two-Thirds of Patients on Anti-Depressants Not Depressed

[Ptarmigan]

Study: More Than Two-Thirds of Patients on Anti-Depressants Not Depressed
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/23/study-two-thirds-patients-anti-depressants-not-depressed/

A new study shows that more than two-thirds — some 69 percent – of patients using anti-depressants do not actually meet the criteria for depressive disorder.

The study, which appears in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that many individuals who are prescribed and take antidepressant medications may not actually have a depressive disorder, and that such drugs are often used by patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria of depression.

According to the research, among the users of antidepressant medications, 69 percent never met the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD), and 38 percent also never met those for obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, or generalized anxiety disorder – for which the antidepressant medications are sometimes prescribed.

There are people who do really need anti-depressants. I think Americans are over prescribed drugs.

Hmmmmmmm. I wonder how many DUmmies are on anti-depressants as a form of addiction.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Gosh, the next thing you know we'll find out that only one percent of the people with marijuana scrips actually have chronic pain, clinical anxiety issues, or glaucoma.