The increased use of antidepressants over the past two decades has usually been seen as a pointer towards higher rates of depression or an over-diagnosis of depression. In the US, especially, figures reveal that more than one in 10 teens and adults use antidepressants and prescriptions had quadrupled between 1988-1994 and 2005-2008. But researchers in … Continue reading Is the use of antidepressants really rising dramatically?