The rise in anti-depressant use comes despite a Scottish government pledge to reduce it.
Harris' prescription was for Luvox, an anti-depressant medication commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
No wonder it took Lilly 15 years to develop Prozac, its bestselling anti-depressant.
Dr Dobbin says doctors who use the programme report a fall in anti-depressant prescribing of about 20%.
Eli Lilly's Prozac was the first anti-depressant of its kind, and won good publicity for that reason.
After decades of being research animals, the chimps unsurprisingly looked weary and dishevelled, even after their anti-depressant treatment.
The first time she cut her wrists, and the second time she tried to overdose on anti-depressant pills.
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My mom was kind of a guinea pig for the new drugs: tranquilizing, anti-psychotic, anti-depressant, whatever they had.
By 1990, it was not only the most widely prescribed anti-depressant in the U.S., it merited a Newsweek cover story.
In these investigations, reporter Shelley Jofre looked into the safety of the anti-depressant drug Seroxat revealing its sometimes dark side effects.
Directed by Rupert Goold, the play is set in a modern medical facility where a pharmaceutical company is testing anti-depressant drugs.
Psychological techniques and anti-depressant medications have proved successful in combating the problem.
The same is true for Prozac, an anti-depressant made by Eli Lilly.
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She also asked her GP for a mild anti-depressant, avoided alcohol, exercised more, took multi-vitamins and ensured she got a good night's sleep.
While Shetland saw the largest increase in anti-depressant use, NHS Dumfries and Galloway reported the lowest increase at 5.5% in the past year.
It is an anti-depressant, the result of laboratory research conducted in the 1970s, approved for sale in the U.S. by the FDA in 1986.
However, it also sets the scene for the misuse and overuse of medical interventions such as anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs, which have worrying long-term side-effects.
John's wort can be sold as an anti-depressant, without any mention of the disturbing indications that the herb weakens the effectiveness of birth control pills.
Prozac is the most commonly prescribed anti-depressant in the United States.
His doctor prescribed the anti-depressant Lexapro and the sleeping pill Ambien.
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More recently it has gained popularity as a natural anti-depressant.
This compares very favourably with anti-depressant medication and with psychotherapy.
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Mr Tomkins said their doctor treated Clare with anti-depressant drugs.
The chimps were given SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors), which is a class of anti-depressant similar to Prozac and is used to treat human patients for depression, anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
In December 2006, the first generic versions of the popular anti-depressant Wellbutrin XL were approved by the FDA. The drug comes in two dosage strengths, 150 milligrams and 300mg.
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Later in the interview, Mr Bridger, who said he was on anti-depressant medication, was asked to try and remember the last time he saw April but said he had trouble with his short term memory.
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Writing in JAMA, the researchers led by Dr Lee Cohen, said the prevalence of depression in reproductive age women, their level of anti-depressant use and the frequency of unplanned pregnancy, it was important to be able to tell patients about comparative risk of relapse linked to stopping or continuing with their medication.
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