Posted by Questionmark on July 14, 2010, at 1:13:40
In reply to Re: Progress of Psychiatr[ic Business?] » Questionmark, posted by linkadge on July 13, 2010, at 9:30:33
> I agree, psychiatry is a buisness. They have taken a big hit in the last few years (SSRI/placebo debate), and they're trying to reesablish themselves.
They've taken a big hit in terms of criticism possibly. But my guess would be that a higher percentage of the population are "consumers" of psychiatry now. In fact, there was that statistic that came out not long ago... Let me search it...
Ok from:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-08-03-antidepressants_N.htm
"The number of Americans using antidepressants doubled in only a decade, while the number seeing psychiatrists continued to fall, a study shows."
So i guess i may *technically* be wrong, but essentially right-- depending on what specifically we mean by "psychiatry."
But yeah, so we are Americans our drugging ourselves more and more and more. And i'm sure many other "developed" countries' people are as well.
> For some people there is hope, for others there really is no hope. A lot of people are going to continue living their miserable quality of life until the day they die or commit suicide. I'd rather be told the truth, then to live in the unrealistic belief that a cure is just around the courner.Sadly, I completely agree.
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