A Rising Cost Of Modernity: Depression By Daniel Goleman

It is very common to hear people complaining about how fast the society changes nowadays. There are more and more people feel anxious and insecure about their life. And from the article “A Rising Cost of Modernity: Depression” by Daniel Goleman, it begins with this line “If the 20th century ushered in the Age of Anxiety, its exit is witnessing the dawn of the Age of Melancholy.” It clearly states the serious condition we are facing and suffering nowadays. There are a lot of articles and graphics have proven that the number of people who have been suffering from the depression is increasing significantly. Since there are so many people need medical treatments to help them recover from the depression, it’s easy to see people taking those “Antidepressant”

As its effective function works significantly on the patient suffering from the depression has been proved by a lot of psychiatrists, it becomes popular. It also should be noted that this kind of antidepressant attaches some serious side effects, and if the patient overdoes this kind of antidepressant, it may cause death.

 MAOIs (Monoamine oxide inhibitors): This kind of antidepressant would be prescribed only when other kinds of antidepressants cannot produce the reaction on the patient. It also attaches some serious side effects, and if a woman takes this kind of antidepressant during the pregnancy, she may give birth to a deformed child.

 SSRIs (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors): It is mainly used to treat the patient suffering from the major depression disorder. Although it is considered the safest kind of antidepressant among others, it also should be noted that most of the patient have a relapse soon after they just stop taking this kind of antidepressant.

 SNRIs (Serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors): It is somewhat like SSRIs, but it is mainly used to cure the atypical depression, i.e. anxiety and nerve