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What is the immediate impact of psychiatric drugs in the treatment of mental illness?
What is the immediate impact of psychiatric drugs in the treatment of mental illness?
- Curing mental illness completely
- Increasing the need for hospitalization
- Improving symptoms and increasing effectiveness of treatments (correct)
- Causing severe side effects
Which class of psychiatric drugs is used to treat schizophrenia?
Which class of psychiatric drugs is used to treat schizophrenia?
- Anti-psychotic drugs (correct)
- Mood-stabilizing medications
- Anti-depressants
- Anti-anxiety drugs
What influenced the increased use and spending on psychotropic drugs?
What influenced the increased use and spending on psychotropic drugs?
- Conduct of the pharmaceutical industry in discouraging their products
- Expansion of insurance coverage for prescription drugs and managed behavioral health care techniques (correct)
- Introduction of unmanaged behavioral health care techniques
- Decrease in insurance coverage for prescription drugs
What was the percentage of mental health cases in which psychotropic drugs were used by 1996?
What was the percentage of mental health cases in which psychotropic drugs were used by 1996?
Which class of psychotropic drugs saw the largest increase in spending from 1987 to 2001?
Which class of psychotropic drugs saw the largest increase in spending from 1987 to 2001?
What did Davey (2014) cite as a reason for the overprescription of drugs for mental health problems?
What did Davey (2014) cite as a reason for the overprescription of drugs for mental health problems?
According to Smith (2012), what was a consequence of the overmedication of psychiatric drugs?
According to Smith (2012), what was a consequence of the overmedication of psychiatric drugs?
What did Smith (2012) attribute as the start of the overmedication issue?
What did Smith (2012) attribute as the start of the overmedication issue?
According to Davey (2014), what did drug companies cause by medicalizing normal emotional processes?
According to Davey (2014), what did drug companies cause by medicalizing normal emotional processes?
What did the overmedication of children with ADHD serve as, according to Smith (2012)?
What did the overmedication of children with ADHD serve as, according to Smith (2012)?
