I think we have a problem...

I have a great concern when I read news articles like this one:
"Federal regulators announced Wednesday that additional warnings about suicide risks associated with antidepressant drugs are needed. But the proposed label changes wouldn't apply to the majority of patients who take the mood-altering drugs."
As a youth worker, and at least half of all the young people I work with taking some type of anti-depressant or the like without first being told that this isn't a miracle drug is a real concern.
It concerns me that health systems are often overly reactive looking just at the outcome, which in this case is depression. People are not told that antidepressants will not fix everything; the fact that a person was raped or physically/emotionally abused as a child does not seem to impact on anything.

Then to hear that antidepressants are a major link to suicide and that they should carry warnings...

If this is a concern to you, then I plead with you, pray, and don't just pray, act; I think as Christians and people seeking truth it is a worthy cause to champion; people need community. Community, where it is safe to be broken, and then to grow.


Another concern but one I'll only comment on is the title of the newspaper article
"FDA warnings won't hurt antidepressants"
That all that is the real concern is that the ass end may fall out of the business.