Annotated Bibliography

Lacasse, J . 2009 "Consumer advertising of psychiatric medications biases the public against nonpharmacological treatment." American psychological journal 5(2):1-11. Retrieved from Ebsco on Nov 16, 2014

       -This academic journal focuses on how the advertisements for antidepressants drugs are approved by the FDA, yet often misinform people. These ads make generalizations that mislead the consumers into what type of medication they are inferring about and how it works.

Bell, Taylor L. 2011 "Third-person effects and direct-to-consumer advertisements for antidepressants." Depression and anxiety 28(2):160-35165. Retrieved from Ebsco on Nov 16, 2014

      -This is a study on how antidepressants advertisements affect those who have depression and seek help. It focuses on how these people believe the advertisements affect them. The results are as expected, the depressed people believe that these advertisements have less of an effect then they actually do.

Smith, Brad . 2013 "Inappropriate prescribing.." Journal of clinical pharmacy & therapeutics38(25):370-382. Retrieved from Ebsco on Nov 16, 2014
      -This article focuses on how direct to consumer advertising directly contributes to the over-prescribing and mis-prescribing of antidepressants. It takes a history of how it began with Prozac, which due to its lessening side effects created an ideal drug that was sought out by many. It goes on to speak on the history of such things further revealing the troubled history of these medicines.