Chapter 3.Antidepressants
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017 report “Antidepressant Use in Persons Age 12 and Over, United States,” 12.7% of the American population were taking a prescribed antidepressant in the past month (Pratt et al. 2017). The wisdom of such a widespread use of this class of medications is debated in the literature and the popular press. However, what is not debatable is that clinicians have felt increasingly comfortable in prescribing these medications over the past 30 years. The continued popularity of antidepressants rests on a number of factors, including their efficacy in the treatment of depression, broad spectrum of activity, relative safety, and ease of use. Factors such as marketing also have played a role in the widespread adoption of antidepressants in clinical practice.
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