Different Types Of Argumentative Essays
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What Makes An Effective Argument Ineffective?
1. The basic parts of an effective argument are a stated clearly defined issue, makes a claim, and
offers support for that claim. Sometimes an argument may also recognize opposing viewpoints and
incorporate them into the argument
2. What makes an argument ineffective is when using emotional appeals to distract a reader from a
lack of evidence. Also the use of faulty reasoning
, and inaccurate facts.
3. An issue is a problem, controversy, or an idea that people can have different viewpoints about.
The term claim is a point in which a writer is trying to prove. This is typically the writer's viewpoint
on the issue. A refutation is recognizing and auguring against opposing viewpoints.
4. A claim of value focuses on an opinion or judgment about
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Argumentative Essay
English Composition
Language and Identity
Who am I? What is it that defines that personality? Anzaldua argues in her essay that the language is
what defines one's identity. Language is indeed an important component of culture, and culture is
known to be a crucial definer of identity. People use language to connect to their identities and
communicating their realities and values to themselves and to the world around them... In other
words, language is important because people use it to express their thoughts and beliefs. "People
evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances" (Baldwin 109).
Consequently, language does not necessarily define identity as much as identity defines language.
People decide on
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Tan clearly mentions in her story that she had to speak two different languages to her Asian mom
who had her own made up English. Tan relates to both her Asian descent and American belongings
by using her mom's made up English to speak with her mom, and uses the proper English to give
lectures and speak to most Americans. On the same grounds, Anzaldua learned through her life
experiences to frequently use multiple types of English, and many other Dialects of proper Spanish
and Mexican Spanish. She uses each language to communicate, connect and affiliate to specific
people according to their background. This proves that the assumption that language defines culture
and identity fails. What happens to the people who speak many languages, do they not get the
benefit and pride of belonging to a certain community
? Rather the contrary, they belong to multiple
communities and they choose which group they want to communicate with and with which
language. People have the ability to switch from a language to another to be part of a group and this
supports the idea that identity defines and shapes language, and not the opposite.
Language is used as a way to identify with people, but it is also used to distinguish between them.
People use language to differentiate between people and associate them to a specific culture and
community according to the language they speak. America is known for having a diverse
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In order to have a good argumentative essay, there are a few important standards of critical thinking
that is needed to be found in the essay such as the clearness, accuracy, importance or relevance,
sufficiency, depth, breath and precision that is stated by Nosich. The strength of this argumentative
essay is consider weak because it does not capture the interest of the reader and was not persuasive
enough; even though from the introduction of the argumentative essay includes full sentences and a
good opinion, the argumentative essay is all objective. The introduction includes too much of the
emotional appeals, such as when it wrote " Day after day the number of people worshipping this
icon has been growing since the birth of this creature. well to many it may seem harmless idol but in
my opinion, Mickey Mouse is an 'devil in disguise' influencing the minds of young and old people
to adopt the culture of the 'devil' which doesn't blend will with the moral values of society and
should be banned". To improve the introduction, the writer should include of all objectives
statements relative facts and appeals to the mind of people who agree or disagree with the topic.
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My Writing Skills Improved Over The Last Semester
My Writing Skills have improved Over the Last Semester
While attending writing class, I learned about the 4 steps in writing, bases for revising, organizing,
and connecting specific information, and I also learned about the different types of essays such as
descriptive, narrative, process, cause and effect and argumentative essay. I have been a student at
Milwaukee Area Technical College for 1 semester, and over the course of my enrollment I have
grown and learned more that I knew prior to attending this writing course. Participating in this
writing class has taught me so much more than stuff about literature and language, it has taught me
another way of expressing myself. I have learned here how to write and express myself, how to
think for myself, and how to find the answers to the things that I don 't know. Most importantly I
have learned how important technique, outlines and organization are. My goal in this paper is to
inform writers about how my writing skills have improved.
Learning about the different type of writing styles and steps of writing was the most interesting.
Descriptive essays are my favorite to read and write. If I was to write about a person, I would select
a dominant impression of the person using details to convey that impression. I would also choose
details to support the topic sentence. Descriptive essays help give readers vivid image in their mind.
When I write descriptive essays, I use 4 steps ; I select a subject, Select details that support my
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Argumentative Essay On Religious Discrimination
Religious Discrimination Discrimination, a word that can meet quite a lot, there are many different
types of discrimination some of course are harsher than others. There's just one type of
discrimination that has been on the rise for some time now, and that's persecution. Persecution just
means bad treatment simply because of race, political, or religious beliefs. The area that has been hit
over and over for some time is religious persecution. A very sad but true reality for many people
having to hide to worship their beliefs. The most persecuted religion in the world may come to a
shock to some people, but the most persecuted religion is Christianity
. Followed by Islam
, and third
is Judaism. Christianity is the most popular religion in the United States, but is the least popular
worldwide. To put it in perspective, Christians are persecuted in over 130 countries for just their
beliefs. To add on to that, each month about 322 Christians are killed, along with that each month
214 Christian churches and properties are destroyed. Out of all the religions in the world, none are
more persecuted than Christians, with all of this in mind it's something else when most people have
no idea of this at all. Through several surveys I found that 7 out of 10 people thought that other
religions such as Islam and Judaism are more persecuted than Christians. Why is it that as popular as
Christianity is in the United States, that there is so little people that accurately know what is
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Writing An Argumentative Essay
During this course I have learned there is in fact a great deal to writing. Throughout my lifetime I
have had to write numerous amounts of essays and papers for various subjects, all requiring
different styles and techniques. Before engulfing myself into the writing process I would try and
think of whom I am writing to and what I am writing about. I always just assumed I was writing for
my audience, that being my teacher. Writing an argumentative research paper is something I had yet
to accomplish in my college career. Not only was it thought provoking but this paper challenged me
in many ways, such as, knowing who I should be directing throughout the essay to as well as the
simple steps of organizing my thoughts and ideas. Also, simply reflecting on what information needs
to be apart of the essay and what doesn't.
While writing for academic reasons I would always write for the grade, not for the purpose to write
and truly convince the reader that what I am writing about is in fact important. I have learned that
when writing an argumentative research paper you are writing for an audience of people not just to
one person. You are writing to convince the reader why they should care about the topic, and the
reader should be able to feel that passion in your writing. You are writing to broaden the thoughts
regarding this topic to whom ever chooses to read your paper not just for that grade. Thinking of
who I should direct my paper to is something I still struggle with, however,
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Many people and organizations use writing and visual methods to persuade readers to their view. In
such pieces, the author will use many different tricks and appeals in order to draw the reader to his
or her train of thought. According to Andrea Lunsford in her instructional book The Everyday
Writer, these appeals can be broken down into three main types – logical, emotional and ethical. A
logical argument uses facts, statistics and surveys to back up what the author is saying and is
commonly referred to as logos. An ethical argument is one that tries to build up the authors
characters and prove to the reader that the author is qualified to give his or her views on the topic at
hand. Ethical arguments are commonly called ethos
. Finally,
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Overall, the argument uses pathos to play on the human fear of torture and sway the reader with no
real logical backing. She uses quotes and phrases like "[torture] endangers our soldiers on the
battlefield" and "damage[s] our country's image," calling on the sense of patriotism throughout
America to turn the people against torture. Applebaum even goes so far as to throw out the baseless
conjecture "the use of 'special methods' might help explain why the war is going so badly
(Applebaum 37)." This appeal to emotion tries to sway the reader against torture by making the
assumption that there is some connection between the use of torture and the effectiveness of enemy
soldiers – a great example of the use of pathos to mislead readers. Just as "The Torture Myth" relied
mainly on pathos and scattered logos, the "2011 Louisiana Life March Promo Video (Louisiana
March for Life,)" a promotional video for an anti–abortion march on the Louisiana State Capitol
building, relies on the same argumentative appeals. The list of sponsors appearing at the end of the
promotional video provides the only ethical appeal for the argument. This appeal, though taking up
just a fraction of the runtime, can be the difference between gathering just hundreds of supporters
for a cause and gathering tens of thousands of supporters. The video provided one logical appeal in
the statement, "Since 1973, nearly 500,000 Louisiana children
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SSRI Argumentative Essay
From a patients perspective, the SSRI's are common in treating anxiety and depression. SSRI's have
less side affects but with longevity. The SRNIs are little confusing from a patients perspective.
However, the SRNIs have components of serotonin and norepinephrine. This makes the SRNI's
more appealing when there are multiple symptoms needing attention. The TCAs appear to more
dangerous with the increased side affects. TCAs are used for more severe cases as a last resort.
Since, I am new to learning all these pharmacology language, I believe I can easily come from a
patients perspective. The questions that I may have would be, "what is the success rate of these
medications, how long would I need to be on these medications, is there
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MLA Argumentative Essay
Hey Jessica, I agree with you, MLA was once upon a time the only style the I knew. I will be just
like you always going to revisit the APA section in our library. I still hit some roadblocks but I
would have to say our professor would be the best way to clear up all questions, or better yet lead
you in the best direction to solve the issue.
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Argumentative Essay On Climate Change
Climate change can be traced down to since the mid–1800s, when the industrial revolution first
started taking place all around the world. Lives of human and animal species have been negatively
affected since then, with events such as natural disasters, the melting of ice in polar regions, and
change in weather and living conditions. Climate change in polar regions, in particular, has faced the
most damage compared to any other region because of its location in regard to the sun. Climate
change holds many different views and opinions about the effects, and even the existence itself, but
evidence is clear and unmistakable in global ramifications and local impact in polar regions.
"...Climate change [is] the 'greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people'", skeptics like
Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma like to say. Climate change is change in climate patterns due to an
increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by certain human activity.
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, data taken by satellite has shown that the
Arctic cover has decreased by 30% over the past 30 years, and this change, which also include
change in sea ice and permafrost, in artic weather and climate is caused by humans. Although
numerous scientists have confirmed the legitimacy of climate change, there are different views on
whether climate change is real or not. Government officials like Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma or
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida have explicitly stated that they do not believe climate change is
neither real, nor caused by humans (Tom McCarthy, 2014). On the other hand, mainstream media
and other media outlets, such as The Independent and The Economist, have reported their findings
of climate change and its legitimacy. The Independent (Conner, S. 2011) reported that records of
these changes were taken by military submarines, land measurements, and satellite data to prove ice
in polar regions are melting faster and faster. Satellites have tracked sea ice since the 1970s and by
nuclear submarines since the Cold War,
according to Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University and it was predicted that by September 2015,
there would be no more sea ice. (Conner, S. 2011). Luckily, sea ice has not
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Sample Argumentative Essay
Skills vs. Knowledge in Education
Jonan Donaldson
Introduction
Main Idea One: The Other Side – Learning Information is needed for tests a) Tests are the best way
to compare students b) Tests measure if you understand something c) Not all students can have the
same skills, but all can have the same knowledge
Main Idea Two: My Side 1 – Education is about understanding a) Knowledge is limited, but
imagination encircles the world (
creativity
) b) Knowledge is what other people think about
something, but understanding is what you think. c) Everybody sees, hears, feels, and thinks
differently, so each person will have a different understanding of the same thing.
Main Idea Three:
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If a person knows many facts, it is impressive, but not very useful. It is of much greater importance
to be able to find information quickly, organize that information, analyze and understand the main
ideas, put different pieces of information together (synthesize), and create new information.
Together these skills make what we call information management and innovation, the skills which
are most desired in the business world. Most people in the world believe that education is about
remembering things to take tests which measure one's performance against other people who have
studied the same information. However, this idea no longer matches the reality of the modern world
in which knowledge is less important than creativity and deep understanding. To be successful in the
age of technology, education must focus on helping students gain information management and
innovation skills.
Sources Cited
Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence reframed: Multiple intelligences for the 21st century. New York,
NY: Basic Books.
Needle, Andrew, et al. (2007). Combining art and science in 'arts and sciences' education. College
Teaching
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Argumentative Essay
Argumentative Essay
The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, and
hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The art
of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an
opinion, one can argue it successfully, and these folks are always surprised when others don't agree
with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming reasons,
making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation
of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted,
or proved to be true. It clearly
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Inductive logic arrives at likely conclusions by counting up evidence, while deductive logic arrives
at necessary conclusions by examining the logical meanings of statements. According to Purdue
University English Profession Neil Gill, deductive arguments can be grouped into two categories: A
Rogerian argument considers several viewpoints and selects the best one, whereas a Toulmin
argument presents a single, linear argument (i.e., A therefore B) in support of a position. Fallacious
Fallacious arguments are logical–seeming arguments that are not valid. Unlike logical arguments,
fallacious arguments do not arrive at valid conclusions or inferences. There are literally dozens of
fallacious arguments you can commit; a fallacious argument style is one that commits one or more
fallacies frequently. For example, if a person in an argument persistently says, "the economy went
up this year, therefore the party in power caused the economy to improve," that person is engaging
in the "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy
, an invalid argument of the form "x happened, y happened,
therefore x caused y." Social Argumentation Styles
Argumentation can be looked at in terms of the way the interlocutors perceive each other. According
to the textbook "Perspectives
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Examples Of Argumentative Essay
Argumentative essay presents a point of view about something and explains the reasons in order to
win readers' agreement. It is built around a specific statement (or main premise) that is debatable
within the field in which students are studying. In other words, at the center of an argumentative
essay is a statement with which readers may disagree. The argumentative essay will need to support
that statement in a manner that convinces the readers of its truth. It mainly strives to convince the
reader of the writer's point of view, using reasonable and ethical methods .The process of argument
composition varies from writer to writer, most writers follow these three stages: forming an
argument, which can consist of discovering a motive for writing and identifying an audience to
address, discovering and sharpening a position, and developing an appropriate style; supporting the
argument; and reviewing the argument, which can include considering the image projected by
argument, making substantial additions or deletions to a first draft, and adding an introduction and
conclusion (Cheng and Chen 2009, Day,1997, Liu,2005,Mayberry,2009).
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The first feature is superstructure which refers to the organizational plan of any text and the linear
progression of the text. The second feature is the quality of logical reasoning which is assessed by
analyzing the interrelationships of writers' assertions and the associated support or data provided to
substantiate those claims. The third feature is identified as persuasive appeal, including affective
appeal and establishment of writer credibility. Finally, she notes that audience awareness is an
important characteristic of successful argumentative writing. The writer must observe an awareness
of the reader's perspective by dealing implicitly or explicitly with possible
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Argumentative Essays
Failure is the step towards success. Do you agree?
It is often assumed that failure is a deterrent to achievement. Rather, failure should be seen as a
motivator for a person to keep trying until the objective or aim of a particular mission is fulfilled.
Failure often times leads a person to feel helpless, disappointed and depressed. However,one should
not allow this to set them back in trying to achieve the ultimate aim one has set out to do. Failure in
the beginning can often be a powerful incentive to reassess one's position in wanting to achieve the
particular aims; to analyse whether the purpose is worth the trouble the person has to undergo and
the whether the obstacles are surmountable. Practical and
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Another disadvantage of being an only is that he lacks companionship. He has no brother or sister to
confide in. Growing up as an only child can be very lonely. If you have siblings you will have to
share everything, so you get less; but you also get less of the bad things. Siblings can support and
comfort each in times of trouble. The elder siblings learn to care for the younger ones and the
younger ones learn to respect their elder siblings and have someone to look up to besides their
parents. You are more balanced person than an only child. Another advantage of having siblings is
that your parents' attention is divided among your siblings. As a result, there is less pressure on you
to perform well, be it academically or in other areas. Having siblings also means that you have
companionship, the joy of caring and sharing, and security. I, personally, am happy that I am not an
only child.
Students should not take up part time jobs. Discuss.
Nowadays, students love to have part–time jobs. Their parents approve it easily as they are said to
gain experience from working. However, having a job is a big responsibility for a student. Before,
teenagers at their age were working to help their family because of poverty. Nevertheless, they were
actually eager to study and learn at school for their future. It was not the same as the teenagers
nowadays where they are more likely competing to each other to have a job. Most of the
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The art of writing is a complex and difficult process. Proper writing requires careful planning,
revision, and proofreading. Throughout the past semester, the quality of my writing has evolved
significantly. At first, I struggled with the separation of different types of paragraphs, and I found
writing them laborious. Constant practice, however, has eliminated many of my original difficulties,
and helped to inspire confidence in my skills. As a collegiate writer, my strength lies in my clear
understanding of the fundamentals of writing, while my primary weakness is proofreading my own
work. During the transition from a high school writer to a collegiate writer, my strength at
understanding the basic principles of
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Finding an introductory paragraph that hooks the reader can be troublesome, but throughout the
course, I have spent considerable time developing that technique. The body of my arguments each
exhibit strong support for the thesis. In addition, my conclusions summarize the papers without
restating unnecessary information. Overall, my comprehension of the basic format of an argument
has proved to be a valuable asset. The weakest portion of my writing is my lack of good
proofreading. All papers require a significant amount of proofreading not only for grammatical
errors, but also for structural problems. Proofreading my own work is difficult. Many times, I
wrongly assume that the reader is able to understand my thoughts, while the various points of my
argument are actually not expressed clearly. In some instances, I fail to catch obvious errors, such as
sentence fragments or contractions, which I should be able to eliminate easily from my writing.
Proofreading my own work has consistently been the most difficult part of my writing process, and I
continue to struggle with catching all of the errors in my papers. Analyzing my strengths and
weaknesses as a writer is extremely important. Despite the fact that I understand the structure of a
good argument, I still miss obvious errors in my papers because I lack the skills necessary to
properly proofread my own work. In the future, I plan on spending a large portion of my time
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Argumentative Essay On Anxiety
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy." (www.healthy place.com)
Many people have trouble accomplishing what they want to do in life because of health issues. A
main health issue people suffer from is anxiety. There are different types of anxiety disorders you
can have. Each one of them hold you back from doing what you want to succeed in life and may
even cause you to make bad choices.
Anxiety is losing yourself from reality and being disconnected from the present moment,other
people, and yourself. It can keep you from doing things you want to accomplish in life. Achieving
your goals is tough enough, but if you suffer from anxiety it becomes even more difficult. I was
spending every day worried about how
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After talking about how anxiety can keep you from accomplishing life goals and how its a big health
issue, here are the different types of anxiety. Some people can say all they have is anxiety but they
all dont have the same disorder. There are many different types you can have. There is generalized
anxiety, phobias, social anxiety, obsessive compulsive, and panic disorder.
Anxiety – part of the body's natural reaction to stress – can even be helpful at times, making you
more alert and ready for action. But anxiety disorders differ from normal feelings of anxiousness.
When feelings of fear or nervousness become excessive, difficult to control, or interfere with daily
life, it's called an anxiety disorder
. (www.everydayhealth.com) . This evidence relates to the types of
anxiety because it is telling how anxiety can make you feel and act.
Some people may say that anxiety isn't the main cause of people not wanting to accomplish things
or why they have bad health issues. They say it could also be depression or how they are living their
life outside of the public. That may be the cause but I personally have an anxiety disorder and it is
keeping me from doing thing I always talk about doing but of course I never end up doing it because
of my disorder. It causes problems with your mind and body
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Argument From Analogy Essay
The argument from analogy is an inductive argument that focuses on the problem of other minds
and aims to show that we are justified in inferring the existence of other minds. British philosopher,
Bertrand Russell, describes the argument from analogy as follows: "The behaviour of other people is
in many ways analogous to our own, and we suppose that it must have analogous causes. What
people say is what we should say if we had certain thoughts, and so we infer that they probably have
these thoughts. They give us information which we can sometimes subsequently verify" (Russell,
"Analogy", p89). Norman Malcolm argues that the argument from analogy does poorly in its
attempts to show that we are justified in inferring the existence of other minds. In assessing whether
the argument from analogy succeeds in its aims, I will raise and respond to Malcolm's objection
against the argument from analogy; Austrian–born British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein
's 'Beetle
in a Box' thought experiment; as well as Welsh philosopher H. H. Price's argument and English
philosopher Stuart Hampshire's argument in defence of the argument from analogy.
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From subjective observation, Russell claims to know that A, which is a thought or feeling, causes B,
which is a bodily act (Russell, "Analogy", p110). Russell argues that believing in the existence of
other minds requires some postulate, and describes this postulate to be "If, whenever we can observe
whether A and B are present or absent, we find that every case of B has an A as a causal antecedent,
then it is probable that most B's have A's as causal antecedents, even in cases where observation
does not enable us to know whether A is present or not" (Russell, "Analogy",
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Argumentative Essay On Family
Vika Zelazny
Prof. Rice
English composition 1
26 September 2017
Families
DNA does not define a family, love does. The average American citizen pictures the reason for
adopting a child often negative. This image contains a man and a woman who cannot have children
of their own, a single mother who will be unable to provide for the infant due to her young age, lack
of financial support, or a variety of unfortunate circumstances. Adoption is one of the best options
for a family who cannot have a child for whatever reason. The idea that every person, young or old,
deserves a family to support, love and raise them is very important in life. Foster families, adoptive
families and even blended families give children a great opportunity to have a forever family no
matter what label is front of family. This relates to me because I went through different types of
alternate families ever since I was a baby. No matter what type of alternate family one is a part of: a
family is a family.
If biological parents decide to give their child away, they can put their child in foster care until a
forever family is found. In some cases, biological parents put children up for adoption for many
good reasons. Sometimes biological parents cannot take care of a child for health, financial
problems, or young age. A foster family is defined as a family that provides custody or guardianship
for children whose parents are unable to look after them. Many foster families are temporary and
many children go
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Argumentative Essay On Antidepressants
Antidepressant Prescriptions
More than 17 million Americans have depression. Depression is much more than grieving or 'the
blues'. It's a serious illness that can take a terrible toll on individuals and families says the Mayo
Clinic Health Center. In reality the effect of antidepressants is not that much, but it bases on the
certain person and their lifestyle such as sleeping habits, mood, etc. However many have benefited
from antidepressants and lives have changed for the better. Yet some have had no effects. Therefore,
antidepressants should not be prescribed for children diagnosed with depression
. Medication can
relieve symptoms in most people with depression, and it's become the first line of treatment for most
types of the disorder. (par. 41 ). "And the extra benefit of antidepressants was even less than we saw
when we analyzed only published studies." Scientists say in the article "The Depressing News
About Antidepressants."(par. 8). One reason why antidepressants should not be prescribed is that
people could get used to taking those specific drugs, decreasing their effectiveness and increasing
the likelihood of reliance or addiction. If patients take medications too long, they might get too used
to them over time and eventually increase their dosage without consulting their doctors. If the
overmedication continued, patients might eventually take too much of their medication, leading to
an overdose. Many drugs should not be prescribed in case of patients trying to seek more medication
without professional assistance.
Many people experience side effects from taking medication that they are prescribed for mental
illnesses. The article "Depression" it is announced that medication and psychotherapy can take 4 to
8 weeks to have an effect
. The delay can actually increase depression and risk of suicide(par. 48).
Three quarters of the benefit from antidepressants seems to be a placebo effect says scientists from
"The Depressing New About Antidepressants."(par. 4). Most common side effects are fatigue,
nausea, anxiety, irritability, and dizziness. These side effects could impact how many who take the
drugs live, such as molding the rest of their lives around those side effects to make sure they are out
of
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