The Anti Depressant Generation

Read this piece in the NYtimes on the prevalence of prescribed anti depressants and be ready to discuss!

Consider the following questions/statements:

• What are the difficulties of treating depression amongst the “emerging adult” age group, 18-28?
• Why are anti depressants so readily prescribed?
• What neurotransmitter do many current antidepressants focus on and how do they work?
• What institutional “pushes” exist towards a chemical treatment as opposed a therapeutic one?

Read this follow up article discussing the limitations of anti depressant medication as a treatment: