Florida Senator Negron wants to cut the, already insuficient, budget to cover the mental health of Floridians, are you nuts????
State budget talks move forward - Florida - MiamiHerald.com
Monday, March 5, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Antidepressants: can they cure tiredness or premenstrual tension? / Los antidepresivos pueden curar el cansancio y la tension pre menstrual?
A rise in prescribing of antidepressants by doctors who are
not psychiatrists, often for uses other than depression/anxiety, has helped
build what is now a massive market. According to IMS Health, sales of
antidepressants in the United States alone surpassed $11 billion in 2010. Antidepressants
are now the third most commonly prescribed drug class in this country. Four out
of five physicians prescribing antidepressants are not psychiatrists, and
antidepressants are commonly prescribed by primary care doctors. Between 1996
and 2007, the percentage of doctor visits during which antidepressants were
prescribed but no psychiatric diagnosis was noted increased from 59.5% to
72.7%, according to the study. Antidepressants have been demonstrated to be
clinically effective for only a limited number of psychiatric conditions: major
depressive disorder, chronic depression, some anxiety disorders, and a few
other well-defined conditions, but antidepressant use is becoming concentrated
among people with less severe and poorly defined medical conditions and even problems
such as tiredness, nonspecific pain, smoking problems, headaches, abnormal sensations
and premenstrual tension. What’s the reason behind this?
El incremento
en la prescripción de antidepresivos por médicos que no son psiquiatras, a
menudo para usos diferentes a los de tratar Depresión/Ansiedad, ha contribuido
en la construcción de un Mercado masivo en esta industria. De acuerdo con IMS
Health, las ventas de antidepresivos en Estados Unidos solamente ha sobrepasado
los $11 billones de dólares en 2010. Antidepresivos son la tercera prescripción
mas común en el país. Cuatro de cada cinco médicos que prescriben anti
depresivos, no son psiquiatras y los anti depresivos son recetados por médicos primarios.
El porcentaje de visitas a estos doctores mientras no existía un diagnostico psiquiátrico
se incremento de 59.5% hasta 72.7% de acuerdo al estudio. Este tipo de drogas
han demostrado que son clínicamente efectivas únicamente en un limitado numero
de condiciones psiquiátricas: depresión mayor, depresión crónica, algunos
desordenes de ansiedad, y algunas cuantas condiciones bien definidas, pero el
uso de antidepresivos se ha ido concentrando en personas con diagnósticos menos
severos o incluso pobres diagnósticos como cansancio, dolores inespecíficos, problemas
para dejar de fumar, dolores de cabeza, sensaciones anormales y síndrome pre
menstrual entre otros. Cual es la razón detrás de esto?
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