Con-Position Paper

SUBJECT:

Childhood Depression

RESEARCH QUESTION:

Childhood depression is one of the disorders that affect many of the young people globally; can antidepressants act as the remedy for the condition?

CLAIM:

While antidepressants have been proven to be safe drugs as the remedy for depression, there are some critique on their effects on causing suicide amongst young people that are of the age of adolescent and children. Also, there is an issue of disagreement on the safety of the treatment of depression in children.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL:

Among the difficulties I might face in this research is finding the previous authenticated information on the topic of discussion. In addition, some of the researchers claim that the use of antidepressants may as well cause harm to the person receiving the dose and therefore, the expected challenge is that the use of behavioral therapy is the accepted way of treatment by many experts who also sum up as my audience.

Also, the use of antidepressants has a lot of side effects to the persons who receive the dose and therefore, this might similarly affect my thesis as it might be difficult to determine the view of the experts and their view on my position on my thesis.

Source:

Loss of antidepressant effectiveness

Antisocial and violent behavior

Antidepressant discontinuation symptoms

(Amsterdam, Lorenzo-Luaces, & DeRubeis, 2016)

Antidepressants are characterized by loss of their effectiveness with time. When administered to children they may only be effective for few months or years, and thereafter the brain of the person may become less responsive to the antidepressants which requires that another cause of action should be taken

(“Antidepressants, second-generation,” 2016)

The failure of uptake of an antidepressant may lead to side effects that might be dangerous to children. For example; if a person using the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suddenly stop, it might result to loss of proper coordination, blurred vision, and insomnia just to mention.

(Bergh, Sellbaek, & Engedal, 2012)

Some of the Antidepressants usage may lead to a person becoming violent and antisocial. A good example may include the Prozac is associated with increased danger of violent. This is especially the case as a result of massive uptake of the antidepressants.