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Continued from page 43 – Antidepressant Use Doubles in USand 2005 ($1.02 Billion), there was a marked increase inthe percentage of this spending that was devoted todirect-to consumer advertising, from 3.3 percent ($32million) to 12 percent ($122.00 million)," they added.Dr. Eric Caine of the University of Rochester in NewYork said he was concerned by the findings."Antidepressants are only moderately effective onpopulation level," he said in a telephone interview.Caine, who was not involved in the research, noted thatseveral studies show therapy is as effective as, if notmore effective than, drug use alone."There are no data to say that the population is healthier.Indeed, the suicide rate in the middle years of life hasbeen climbing," he said.Olfson and Marcus said out-of-pocket costs forpsychotherapy and lower insurance coverage for suchvisits may have driven patients away from seeingtherapists in favor of an easy-to-prescribe pill.The rise in antidepressant prescriptions also is seendespite a series of public health warnings on use ofantidepressant drugs beginning in 2003 after clinicaltrials showed they increased the risk of suicidal thoughtsand behaviors in children and teens.In February 2005, the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration added its strongest warning, a so-calledblack box, on the use of all antidepressants in childrenand teens.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090803/hl_nm/us_antidepressants_usa☻☻☻☻☻☻Uganda: 'IDPs Drink to Copein Camps'Conan BusingeNew Vision23 July 2008Kampala — SEVENTY percent of men in internallydisplaced peoples' camps drink alcohol to end theirtrauma, according to psychiatrists. This almost doublesthe number of women using the same coping mechanism.Dr. David Basangwa, a consultant psychiatrist atButabika National Psychiatric Hospital, said excessivealcohol consumption and drug abuse had increased casesof mental illness in Uganda.He cited cocaine, heroine and cannabis as the mostabused drugs. "Stress, infectious disease like malaria,HIV, measles and fatal accidents are also responsible forthe 13% increase of mental cases," he added.Basangwa was yesterday discussing a recent survey by aDutch institute of social studies at the hospital inKampala. The study showed that alcohol had become alivelihood for the displaced people affected by the LRAwar, especially in northern Uganda.In 2005, a World Health Organisation report rankedUganda as the leading alcohol consumer in the worldwith a per capita consumption of 19.5 litres.http://allafrica.com/stories/200807240350.html☻☻☻☻☻☻Continued from page 13 – Drugs and the Subconscious14. There is simply no courage, personal integrity, or selfloyalty in using drugs to induce feelings of calm,confidence, or elation. People who live this way arephony, but usually think that everyone else is phony.Pleasant feelings are worthwhile only if they are based onactualities. It is better to be miserable for awhile and toaddress the reasons why.15. The drinker may worry that he becomes nasty whendrinking. What he must learn is to become nasty whennot drinking. The next step is to find out and eliminatethe true cause for the desire to be nasty. Three ounces ofalcoholic beverage each day helps to break up cholesterolin the blood and will allow the individual to live longerthan otherwise and will give him a medicinal excuse for alittle buzz at lunch time.16. Tobacco is in common use and the effects are verysubtle. Nicotine triggers the release of endorphins,organic morphine, in the brain. The tobacco user isessentially a junky. Continuing use has a verydegenerative effect upon the character. The user willusually not become fully aware of what has been lostuntil several years after quitting. This is especially true ofthose who start in youth. Part of quitting tobacco is todevelop more genuine values regarding the false bravadothat accrues to the artificial alpha wave brain euphoriainduced by tobacco. The problem involved here, as withall pleasure drugs, is that since "the cool is not you" thereal "you" gets lost along the way.17. Almost every allegedly desirable or "mindexpanding" effect of psychoactive chemicals can beinduced with some type of physical or mental discipline.Every pleasant physical effect can be induced by exerciseor massage. Both can be utilized without anydegenerative side effects.18. Anything which keeps the individual from readingvoraciously will have a negative impact upon the expansionof his consciousness. This includes drug use or a lotContinued on page 52-51- Traditional African Clinic December 2009