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"On February 19, he went to the student health center, where the doctor gave him a thorough exam. She also questioned him to find out whether he was depressed and then prescribed Am-bien to help him sleep. In Justin's file, the doctor noted, "No suicidal ideation," which meant he expressed no desire to kill himself. The boy returned to the clinic a few days later, complaining that the sleeping pills left him feeling groggy and "depressed." This time, the doctor diagnosed depression and gave him a sample package of Paxil, an antidepressant." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"He had come to see me because he had seen my photo on the wall in the student health center waiting room, and felt that I would understand. I thanked him for the trust he showed in me. Over the next few minutes we shared our ideas and experiences, discussing in particular the prevailing view - misguided to both our minds - that men were somehow less intuitive than women. The solution to his problem, we decided, was to request from the university that he focus on only two academic papers for the rest of the year." - Robin, Dr. Kelly, The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of Our Cells (Get the book.)

"Ed Weismeier, the head of student health at UCLA, saw SSRIs as a huge boost for troubled students, particularly those overwhelmed by the scale and intensity of big campus life. Weismeier was a pragmatist. "There are more young people who can succeed in a university environment because of the drugs who could not have twenty years ago," he says. "The drugs allow them to succeed . . . and most respond reasonably well to the SSRIs without a lot of counseling visits." But what else was happening to them as a result?" - Greg Critser, Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies (Get the book.)

"Gary Cheslek spoke of his son's death from the perspective of a doctor and a father, (in part) "My name is Gary Cheslek and my son, Justin, was a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Southern Mississippi when he went to the student health Clinic complaining of insomnia. He was given a thorough examination including blood work. Significant in the doctor s note at that initial visit is the notation, 'no suicidal ideation.' Complaining that the sleep medication he was prescribed made him feel sedated and depressed; he was put on Paxil for two weeks." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"On February 19, he went to the student health center, where the doctor gave him a thorough exam. She also questioned him to find out whether he was depressed and then prescribed Am-bien to help him sleep. In Justin's file, the doctor noted, "No suicidal ideation," which meant he expressed no desire to kill himself. The boy returned to the clinic a few days later, complaining that the sleeping pills left him feeling groggy and "depressed." This time, the doctor diagnosed depression and gave him a sample package of Paxil, an antidepressant." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Knowing what bad things can happen when someone is that sleep deprived, and fearing she might suffer some terrible accident, I placed a call to the student health service. I told the doctor who I was, and that this student needed sleeping pills for a few nights. The doctor seemed resistant, so the Cornell professor who was my host got on the phone and said I was one of the foremost experts in the world on this subject. Our pleading only strengthened the student health doctor's resolve: "I'm not going to be a pill pusher for you or anyone else," she said to me." - William C. Dement, Christopher Vaughan, The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep (Get the book.)

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