Running Head: Prozac Nation and Major Depression Disorder Prozac Nation and Major Depression Disorder Raquel H. Sasyn University of Houston Ms. Chastity Farr Clinical Psychology Section - 25673 April 23‚ 2010 Introduction “Prozac Nation‚” is a best-selling memoir written by Elizabeth Wurtzel in 1994. Based on Wurtzel’s stormy childhood and adolescence‚ Prozac Nation explores many topics such as major depression‚ family relations‚ and drug abuse. The story narrates Wurtzel’s life
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Prozac Nation tells the story of Elizabeth Wurtzel’s childhood‚ her troubled relationship with her father who left her and her mother and refused to accept his responsibilities to his family‚ her move to Harvard‚ and her mental decline leading to several stays in hospital and a suicide attempt. Finally‚ after trying many different psychotherapists‚ psychiatrists‚ and medications‚ she tries Prozac and it helps her rise above her despair. In the Afterword to Prozac Nation‚ written for the paperback
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My Movie Prozac Nation is based on the book written by Elizabeth Wurtzel and her struggles with depression and drug addiction. Her book Prozac Nation was written during her time at Harvard University while she studied journalism. During this time Wurtzel writes about her battles with being a student‚ severe depression and drug addictions. During Wurtzel’s academic career at Harvard she received The Rolling Stones College Journalism Award. Even though Wurtzel struggled with many demons she was able
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detailing the seriousness of her illness. Although she states in her Epilogue that she does not know what reason exactly compelled to write this memoir‚ she does delineate some elements that motivated her‚ such as the desire for people to understand the Prozac ‘situation’ as well as citing simple reasons‚ such as the need to express one’s story‚ and her own personal need to vent out on paper when so many people‚ she felt‚ needed to know. Her descriptions in the book try to elucidate what depression really
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Marketing Anti-Depressants: Prozac and Paxil Introduction: The expiration of Prozac’s patent necessitates swift‚ defensive action from all companies in the SSRI industry. As generics enter the market‚ demand for more expensive‚ branded medications will fall as price sensitive consumers switch to the cheaper alternatives. Additionally‚ incident prices on consumers themselves‚ in the form of copayments‚ will rise as insurance companies pressure their constituents to switch to more cost-effective
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“Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax‚” an article published by The New York Times‚ illustrates how anxiety exceeds depression and its respective medicines in the United States. Therefore‚ the title represents how more and more people are taking anxiety medications‚ Xanax‚ instead of depression medications‚ Prozac. The author‚ Alex Williams‚ uses numerous statements from teenagers‚ celebrities‚ professionals‚ and experts to demonstrate the fact that anxiety has become a widespread problem
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Prozac was the first SSRI drug to hit the market in the U.S in 1988 and by 2005‚ SSRI drugs were the most prescribed. About a dozen of SSRIs are prescribed‚ such as Paxil‚ Zoloft and Prozac. SSRIs are supposed to have fewer side effects than older antidepressants since SSRIs only increase the serotonin levels in the brain. SSRIs have many common side effects‚ including sexual side effects‚ such as a repressed libido‚ erectile dysfunction and difficult achieving orgasm‚ for men and women‚ fatigue
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The Wonder Drug “One in eight persons needs treatment for depression during his or her lifetime” (Prozac.com). Prozac is claimed as the wonder drug cure for obsessive compulsive disorder‚ depression‚ bulimia‚ and panic disorder by fixing the imbalance of chemicals in the brain. Many documented cases have been made about side effects of Prozac and how it has negatively affected many of its users. Doctors need to have more responsibility and stricter guidelines for diagnosis of adolescent
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Eduardo Cruz Professor Church English 104-10 20 April‚ 2015 Summary of “To Reunite a Nation” In the article‚ “To Reunite a Nation” by Patrick J. Buchanan. The author illustrates the points of views of someone who is against immigration. The article begins with the story of Deng Xiaoping during the 1979 interview with President Carter‚ both leaders debated over Chinese immigration. They both discussed how many immigrants would
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On March 11‚ 2009 Glenn Loury published the Story “A nation of jailers.” The story first appeared in the issue of Cato Upbound an online forum of The Cato Institute on March 11‚ 2009 (A Nation of Jailers). Glenn Loury is an African American university professor of social science and economics and the director of the institute of race and social division at Boston University (2001).” Prior to teaching at Boston University Loury taught economics at Harvard‚ northwestern and the university of Michigan
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