Many people suffer from periods of depression. The reaction to some devastating event, such as the loss of a job, serious bodily injury, the death of a loved one can be so traumatic that treatment is called for. However, in millions of people depression occurs for no apparent reason. Mood disorders can range from mild to severe and can remain for many months or even years. Mood disorders is a period in which the individual …showed first 75 words of 399 total…

…showed last 75 words of 399 total…many people turn to the many available anti-depressant drugs on the market now. Many of the known drugs are Prozac and Paxil, which suppress depression for short periods of time. These drugs regulate the brain's use of neurotransmitter serotin and only work for about sixty percent of the cases. Also, about half of these patients go through a relapse after getting off the medication. The child could get addicted to the drugs that were prescribed.