According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated 11 percent of children are taking antidepressants; from 1988-2008 the use of antidepressants in children has skyrocket 400 percent. Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs in children and adolescents have skyrocketed in the past 20 years. ... "Twenty years ago, our society began regularly prescribing psychiatric drugs to children and adolescents, and now 1 out of every 15 Americans enters adult-hood with a 'serious mental illness,'" (Whitaker 246). ... Food and Drug Administration has not approved specifi...

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There are many new types of treatments used, such as drug therapy and psychological therapy. ... Drugs, including alcohol, tobacco and street drugs themselves do not cause schizophrenia. However, certain drugs can make symptoms worse or trigger a psychotic episode if a person already has schizophrenia. Drugs can also create schizophrenia like symptoms in otherwise healthy individuals. ...

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(Borowsky 2001) Additionally, for girls, somatic symptoms, having a friend attempt or complete suicide, other illicit drug use, and a history of mental health treatment predicted attempting suicide for black, Hispanic, and white youth. . ... (Pediatrics 2000) Has difficulty in controlling temper. ... In 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listed suicide as the ninth leading cause of death in the US, taking the lives of 30,862 people. ...

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Solution 1: Natural Alternative Methods The first solution to postpartum depression, alternative methods, can involve any type of treatment that does not incorporate the use of drugs or medication; these can include something as simple as impeccable self care, to support groups, to a more complicated treatment option-therapy. ...

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The symptoms of borderline patients are similar to those for which most people seek psychiatric help: depression, mood swings, the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol as a means of trying to feel better; obsessions, phobias, feelings of emptiness and loneliness, inability to tolerate being alone, problems about eating. ... Borderline people also show great difficulties in controlling rage; they are unusually impulsive, they fall in and out of love suddenly; they tend to idealize other people and then abruptly despise them. ... Lower levels of psychological function emerge regressively and act ...

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It has been responsible for poor school performance, alcohol, drug abuse, and feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness among teenagers (Danielson, Youngstrom, and Calabrese). ... Drug, alcohol, and tabacco abuse frequently coexist with depression. ...

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By not choosing or deciding, we feel much less "in control" and we are that much more the victim. ... Many times, the inability to or the lack of making decisions causes us to lose control of our lives, and that can lead to self hate. ... Guilt is what parents used to control you as a child. ... D- If your depression is "out of control," talk to at least five people about it or until someone sees your desperation. ... E- If you use alcohol or drugs, stop! ...

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(5) Excess alcohol and other drug use. ... In its later stages, the fact and consequences of alcoholism dominate the picture and are often blamed for everything.); (b) Alcohol and suicide may both be attempts to deal with depression and misery; (c) Alcohol will increase the effects of other sedative drugs, frequently used in suicide attempts; (d) Alcohol may increase impulsive actions. ... This is associated with a feeling of power and complete control. ...

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