Antidepressants Linked to Breast Cancer
A recent survey of 20 major medical and psychiatric journals by a California newspaper found every advertisement for antidepressants targeted women. A report to the American Psychological Association, entitled “A Woman’s Mental Health Agenda,” noted that 73 percent of all psychiatric drugs, including antidepressants, are prescribed to females. This takes on the color of an impending national disaster in light of an April 1996 article in the American Journal of Psychiatry which links psychiatric drugs, particularly antidepressants, to breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease among women and often leads to death. It is estimated that 12 percent of women will be diagnosed with it during their lifetime and that 25 percent of those will die from it.
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