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Taking Medications
“Pop a pill and everything will be alright!” This statement seems to be catching on really quickly. So many people blindly believe the concept that by taking a pill, the hurdles you face will mysteriously disappear. If you are one of these people and are suffering from a problem, say anxiety, your first option would be to run to a professional who is trained and allowed to prescribe medications. This individual is normally a physician or a nurse and no one’s first preference seems to be a psychologist. Moreover, no one opts for psychotherapy as a way to tackle the problems.
The effectiveness of medications depends on the degree of the problem for which you want to take them. For some psychological disorders, they are guaranteed to work and are even recommended. For others? Not quite, if studies are to be believed. For example, anti-depressants are found to be very beneficial for persons suffering from a severe case of depression. Individuals undergoing a mere case of mild depression will see for themselves that the anti-depressants have proved fruitless.