Arianna Huffington

Prozac is a drug commonly prescribed to treat depression. In the following viewpoint, Arianna Huffington asserts that more and more children are being prescribed antidepressants such as Prozac without undergoing thorough psychiatric evaluations first. These examinations are necessary, she maintains, because many normal children exhibit behaviors that are similar to the symptoms used to describe depression. Although antidepressants do benefit some children and teenagers, Huffington believes that these drugs are being used to “cure” the typical problems of adolescence. Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How many children are prescribed antidepressants, as cited by the author?
2. According to Huffington, how is Eli Lilly trying to make Prozac more palatable to children?
3. How will society soon come to view mood disorders, according to Barbara Ingersoll as cited...