HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fluoxetine, Paroxetine
13 Sep 2020
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Drugs and epidemiology drug discovery seems to coincide with pandemics During 1980s, xanax used to treat panic disorders. Shift to ocd in the mid-1990s (new ssris introduced which led to this increase) Rediscovery of gad, companies realized that their ssris might be effective for them as well. rapid increase of gad. Finally, discovery of pmdd, vie sarafem applied to wider categories, shaping what society considered normal and abnormal. Dsm iv: more than half had financial ties to pharmaceutical industry, including 100% of those who worked on mood disorder and schizo. They define which behaviours are categorized as an illness. 81% of anxiety disorders, 83% for eating disorders. Contrast figures w/numbers involved in substance abuse disorders (only 17%) Because u don"t need drugs to treat substance abuse disorders so doesn"t benefit psychopharmacology. Dsm 5 even tho some panels decreased, others increase (neurocognitive disorders, childhood disorders, somatic symptom disorders) overall increase to 69% elsewhere .
