Write a coherent essay of about 1200 words on why antidepressants experienced such success in the 1990s, and what broader implications the popularity of antidepressants has had for health and society more generally? try to address the essay questions by these 4 questions.1) The commercial success of antidepressants had been important to pharmaceutical firms in the US since the 1940s. What research trends were introduced to continue the new drug “pipeline” in relation to depression throughout the 1950s onwards? And what wider impact did this approach have?

2) Conrad argued (in the 1970s) that the rising diagnosis rates of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder reflected the ‘individualization of social problems’ like school understaffing. What might be some of the similar social-structural trends behind the recent high rates of diagnosis and treatment of mild depression?

3) In accounting for increased depression diagnosis rates and prevalence estimates since 1980 (DSM3), how might you distinguish between causes like ‘rationalising’ changes within the medical profession, patient expectations and demand and the marketing influence of drug firms?

4) How does the prescribing of anabolic steroids to a healthy athlete differ from the prescribing of Prozac to Degrazia’s healthy patient ‘Marina’?

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