Need an research paper on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication. Needs to be 11 pages. Please no plagiarism. American youth adopt antidepressants as a popular form of treatment while non-pharmaceutical alternatives are available. The author observes that a dramatic increase in depression diagnoses and antidepressant corresponds with the increasing visibility of direct advertising to consumers for antidepressants. Zito et al. (2002) confirm that antidepressants have heavy campaigns and advertisements. Different authors conclude that direct to consumer advertising correlates with the high purchase of antidepressants by youth in America.

Mojtabai & Olfson (2011) has the concern of the expensive nature of antidepressant use together with the presence of side effects to the user. In addition to that, Mojtabai & Olfson investigates patients from the same practices that do not receive antidepressant medication or psychiatric diagnosis. Next, the authors determine whether antidepressant prescribed for patients without psychiatric disorder relates to the wide distribution of physicians. Lastly, the authors investigate clinical and policy implications in the observed patterns and trends.

Mojtabai & Olfson (2011) cite that the use of antidepressant medications continues to grow since they are the third most prescribed medications in America. The growth largely emanates from an increase in antidepressant prescriptions without accompaniment psychiatric diagnosis. The authors’ analysis from 1996 to 2007 illustrates an increase of antidepressants prescribed with no psychiatric diagnoses that increase from 60 percent to 73 percent. Mojtabai & Olfson (2011) strive to find out some of the factors that contribute to this trend so that they can develop a policy response to counter the factors. Mojtabai & Olfson (2011) would like to implement broad reforms in the health care system to increase communication between primary care providers and mental health specialists.

Currently, the antidepressant sales average $10 billion annually in the United States. It is one of the expensive medication classes.&nbsp.