Zoloft – A New Vision for Mental Health

How a depression test devised by a Zoloft marketer became a crutch for a failing mental health system

Author: Editorial 22nd February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Olivia Goldhill has been published by Stat. It begins: “A bedrock of the U.S. mental health system — a nine-item questionnaire used to spot depression — began not with a doctor, but with a marketing man. Howard Kroplick,…
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antidepressants, depression, depression test, Howard Kroplick, Olivia Goldhill, Pfizer, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire, psychiatry, Stat, Zoloft

The Anti-Depressant Era

Author: Editorial 5th November 2021 0 Comments

This book (1999) has been written by Prof. David Healy. The publishers say: “When we stop at the pharmacy to pick up our Prozac, are we simply buying a drug? Or are we buying into a disease as well? The first…
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antidepressants, books, David Healy, depression, diagnostic labelling, pharmaceutical industry, Prozac, psychiatry, Zoloft

Netherworld – a film by Kevin P. Miller

Author: Editorial 16th December 2019 0 Comments

You can watch this 8 minute film below. The promotional description says: “Natalie Gehrki was a creative spirit and an accomplished writer and artist. This short film, ‘Netherworld,’ Narrated by Academy Award winning actress Tilda Swinton, exposes how her experience…
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antidepressants, Kevin Miller, Natalie Gehrki, Prozac, psychiatry, side effects, videos, Zoloft

Let Them Eat Prozac

Author: Editorial 11th January 2019 0 Comments

First published in 2006 and written by psychiatrist David Healy, the full title of this book is Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression. The publishers say (within a North American context): “Prozac. Paxil….
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antidepressants, books, David Healy, depression, Paxil, pharmaceutical industry, Prozac, psychiatry, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRI, Zoloft

The Original Zoloft Commercial

Author: Editorial 14th November 2018 0 Comments

Sertraline, sold under the trade name Zoloft among others, is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. In this 60 second video you might find it interesting to see the original TV advert/commercial for Zoloft, as aired…
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antidepressant side-effects, antidepressants, depression, medical model, Psychiatric Drugs, Sertraline, SSRI, TV, Zoloft