Zion Davis

Plus 1
3/30/17
Annotated Bibliography

Insel, Thomas. Post by Former NIMH Director Thomas Insel: Antidepressants: A

complicated picture. National Institutes of Health, 6 December 2011,
www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2011/antidepressants-a-
complicated-picture.shtml

Insel taught me first about who is taking antidepressants, and why. He then went
into overuse of antidepressants and who is prescribing them. Interestingly, Insel also
compared antidepressants to placebos. He then explained what research tells us about
the long-term efficacy and effectiveness of antidepressants among real world patients
and how best to use them. Finally he talked about how we know about treating
depression in the first place. This article gave me a lot of insight into how
antidepressants work and their effectiveness. He made me think about combination
therapy involving other forms of support, and the reality of both overuse and underuse
of medications treating depression.

Mungo, Brianna. Personal Interview. 20 March 2017.

Brianna provided me with both personal experience and facts. Her own
combination of mental illnesses gave me a specific look on how people deal with more
than one at a time. Her information from her class made me think about the brain
chemistry involved with mental illnesses, and how it is not always something people are
born with. Brianna especially presented me with amazing personal feedback from
multiple sources of treatments including medications and emotional support.

OMeara, Kelly P. Major Study Reveals ADHD Drugs Have Never Been Proven Safe or
Effective. CCHRINT, 13 November 2014, www.cchrint.org/2014/11/13/adhd-drugs-
have-never-been-proven-safe-or-effective/

OMeara taught me about a study lead by researchers from the Boston Childrens
Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and several other
institutions. This study clinical trials for the drugs approved to treat ADHD wernt
designed to assess adverse events or long-term safety and efficiency. She went in
detail about how these drugs are very similar to Cocaine and the wide array of side
effects that come with them. She helped my research very much, because my study is
questioning the use of prescriptions, especially on children, in the mental health
community.

Pittman, Catherine. The truth behind medication for anxiety. Anxiety, 13 September
2016, www.anxiety.org/weighing-pros-cons-of-antianxiety-medication

Pittman informed me about the reality of Anti-anxiety medications, and how

medications just dont work for some people. She started by talking about reasons for
using medication in the first place, and then went into the side effects. Pittman
explained the categories of Anti-anxiety medications by giving links to separate articles
on each of the four categories for the most common medications. This article helped
me view anxiety from the prescription point of view, and how medications are helpful in
certain peoples cases.

Shedler, J. (2010, February-March). The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-65-2-98.pdf

Shedler gave me a huge load of information on Psychotherapy. He started out with the
distinctive features of the Psychodynamic Technique, and provided steps. He then
talked about in general how effective Psychotherapy and Psychodynamic Therapy are.
He also provided a chart showing the Illustrative Effect Sizes From Meta-Analyses of
Treatment Outcome Studies. This article was very insightful, and will useful for proving
the effectiveness of these kinds of treatments over medications. I learned about two
forms of treatment, one of which, I didnt previously know about.

Williston, Sarah K. PE Therapy with Peer Assistance May Boost Retention and
Reduce Drop-Out Rates Among Trauma Survivors. Anxiety, 16 March 2017,
www.anxiety.org/treating-ptsd-with-peer-assisted-prolonged-exposure-therapy

Williston delved into Prolonged Exposure, which is a specific type of

psychotherapy that helps trauma survivors overcome and face their fears. She
discussed Cognitive Processing, and how those suffering with PTSD will drop-out of
treatment. Williston then went into how Prolonged Exposure can be Peer-Assisted,
providing advice, support, and encouragement. This Article helped me especially with
my idea of emotional support being more efficient than medications. She focuses on
PTSD in veterans, but the information can be applied to anybody with PTSD.