Antidepressants in counselling psychology: Relevance, effectiveness and implications for practice

Title
Antidepressants in counselling psychology: Relevance, effectiveness and implications for practice
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Sharpley, Chris
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-4848
Email: csharpl3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:csharpl3
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/09515070.2011.589245
UNE publication id
une:9892
Abstract
With up to one-fifth of the population experiencing depression sometime during their lives, plus depression rivalling smoking in its association with mortality, the search for effective treatments is urgent and of direct relevance to the everyday practice of counselling psychology. However, the various waves of antidepressants developed in the past 40 years have shown significant side effects and only arguable specific efficacy over placebo, leading to suggestions of combining psychological and pharmacological therapies. This article briefly reviews the history of antidepressant drugs, their side effects and efficacy, some future directions and discusses the role of antidepressants within counselling psychology practice.
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Citation
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 24(2), p. 139-156
ISSN
1469-3674
0951-5070
Start page
139
End page
156

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