A Prozac future? Maybe, but human touch figures large

A cartoon in The Gazette and numerous other newspapers nationwide featured a picture of a lot of people smiling while one bystander said to another that everyone must be on Prozac. Prozac is an antidepressant.

A chemical revolution is under way in the realm of psychiatric medications. Since the advent of Imipramine, An antidepressant of the 1960s, to Prozac, Xoloft and Effexor, each new generation of antidepressants offers hope for improved mental health.

Hope? It is the belief that someday, perhaps in three or four decades, there will be a

vast array of medications that can be suited for each individual in terms of their own personal