Youngsters intervene more quickly to antidepressants while that does not work in many cases. Experts sound the alarm on Wednesday in the research program Zembla.
The most important is the antidepressant selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). According to the Foundation for Pharmaceutical Statistics, which keeps all data about medications, received last year 17,000 people under 21, that plea. That's forty percent more than in 2007. Experts explain the rise Wednesday far in Zembla. According to them, to lead the increase with the reform of the youth. Now local authorities are responsible for them, rescuers would have too busy and quickly prescribe medications, according to the psychologists.
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Antidepressants are not innocent: once you get to start, it is difficult to quit again and the pills have many side effects. In addition, they only work with very severely depressed people. For mild and moderate depression, placebos work, counseling or for a run as well.
According to experts, only a minority of users severe depression. Many doctors know this by now, but it continues to increase the use of antidepressants. In 2015 the number of users of antidepressants in the Netherlands increased in total by 2.7 percent. As many as 1.15 million people use it now.
Bro: metronieuws.nl/ Astrid Ottens / Photo: ANP
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