The practice of prescribing antidepressants on top of other medications without a clear rationale. Also giving patients more than they need.

An ethical requirement that patients are required to know the potential benefits, side effects, and risks of the medication before being prescribed.

Physical or psychological symptoms that occur after becoming independent of a drug. All symptoms are typically harmful to the patient.

This article explores the effects felt by people trying to come off the use of antidepressants. The results highlight the fact that many people struggle with things like addiction, anxiety, and withdrawal symptoms. On top of these issues, they also begin to feel the side effects of the drugs like nausea, dizziness, and even brain zaps. This

This raises concerns for how antidepressants are prescribed. Continued practice of our routine prescription method could cause a variety of issues including overprescribing, and a lack of informed consent.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460319309001

The belief that antidepressants/medications are/aren't affecting the patient when the drug isn't doing anything physically.

Whether or not patients follow their prescribed amount of medication. It can lead to addiction and other symptoms.

This article talks about how the data doesn't support the effectiveness of antidepressants. The study explores the idea of bias within patients who take surveys concerning antidepressants efficacy. It was dtetermined that the effect of antidepressants is insignificant and varies from patient to patient.

Another idea presented within the article is whether or not patients are getting too much or too little medication. This can lead to a multitude of different side effects and risks that are presented when taking antidepressants.

Source 1: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-47717-001?doi=1

This article finds that there is a 50% reduction in Hamilton depression score relative to placebo. The researchers delve deeper into how bias and placebo affect this score. It was found that a majority of people described their experience as either having a bias or a placebo for antidepressants

Soource: https://oce-ovid-com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/article/00011905-202009000-00001/HTML

To address ethical concerns, general practitioners must familiarize themselves with patients' medical behaviors. A solution explored in this study was for general practitioners to regularly review patients’ medication decisions which could enhance shared decision-making. Enhanced shared decision-making will help general practitioners to make more informed/accurate prescriptions. This ensures the correct dosage is prescribed for every patient and is a much more ethical practice. Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953608005133