Depressants Quotes

We've seen more kids at a young age on Prozac and antidepressants. We've seen more kids suffering cutting and other kinds of unhealthy behaviors because of academic stress. - Denise Pope

The wider health implication is that commonly used SSRI antidepressants, which target the uptake of serotonin into neurons, may also impact the uptake in immune cells. - Gerard Ahern

The paper is a little bit corrective for what they call this 'moral panic' around the claim that antidepressants can facilitate suicidal ideation or behavior. It's a judicious attempt to try to stabilize the debate, and really address what the empirical evidence really demonstrates. - Dr. Jon A. Shaw

The challenge is to find a way to inhibit BDNF signaling within the reward pathway specifically. The many genes we show that are regulated by BDNF or antidepressants in this pathway may provide clues. - Eric Nestler

The big bulk of the response to anti-depressants is the placebo response. I don't think these studies are very informative. - Irving Kirsch

So you might not be able to tease out the difference between a manic-depressive episode and depression unless you can accurately test for bipolar disorder. We found that the K-SADS was an effective way to as accurately as possible diagnose bipolar disorder, and to help prevent treating bipolar patients presenting in a depressed phase with antidepressants. - Jeffrey Hunt

Removal of BDNF before bullying, or treatment with antidepressants after bullying, both removed the behavioral abnormality observed. - Eric Nestler