Konjo Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/antidepressants-england-uk-prescribed-most-north-east-rises-seven-times-prescriptions-depression-a7680836.html Map shows areas of England where the most antidepressants are prescribed Doctors made more than 64 million prescriptions of antidepressants in 2016 Katie Forster @katieforster 12 hours ago 30 comments 77 Click to follow The Independent Online North East prescribes twice the number of antidepressants per person as the South East and London Exasol The number of antidepressants prescribed in England has risen sevenfold in the last 25 years, new analysis of NHS data has revealed. Researchers looked at prescription data for different regions in the country and found twice as many antidepressants are prescribed per person in the North East as in the South East and London. Doctors made more than 64 million prescriptions of antidepressants in 2016, according to database company Exasol, which conducted the research. READ MOREKetamine helps patients with depression 'when nothing else works' Depression is now leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide How mental illness can make a person seem rude Antidepressant use in Britain has been growing for years, with just nine million prescriptions made in 1991, reported the BBC in 2012, when nearly 47 million antidepressant prescriptions were issued. In the North East, doctors made 1.73 of the prescriptions per person in 2016, while in the South East and London, the rate was 0.82 prescriptions per person. Using data on every GP prescription dispensed at pharmacies in England, the company zoomed in on each district to discover the place with the highest rate of antidepressant use was Blackpool, with 2.11 prescriptions issued per person last year. The second highest was Sunderland and East Lindsey in Lincolnshire, both with 1.99 prescriptions per person, followed by Durham with 1.91. A bottle of antidepressant pills named Effexor (Getty) The regional disparities were plotted on a map of the country, with the researchers saying there was “a clear link to deprivation in the North and East of England.” Blackpool is one of the poorest districts in England, according to the Department for Communities which uses information on employment, housing, health, crime and income levels to monitor deprivation levels. Antidepressants are used to treat clinical depression and other conditions including obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz11 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Interesting stuff thanks for posting. Using data on every GP prescription dispensed at pharmacies in England, the company zoomed in on each district to discover the place with the highest rate of antidepressant use was Blackpool, with 2.11 prescriptions issued per person last year. If i am reading this correctly there are over two prescriptions per person for people who live in Blackpool. That is insane and just staggering. Not all people would be on one so that would mean that some people, a large number in fact, must be bumping the average up by being on a massive cocktail of antidepressants would it not? This is truely mind boggling. Surely i am not reading this right. I did a google the population of Blackpool is 142,484 (2015). 22% are under 18. Those under 18 wouldnt be prescribed these drugs right? Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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