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Old 11-19-2011, 06:16 AM
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A report released Wednesday says that in 2010, one in five Americans took medication to relieve conditions broadly described as mental disorders. Such medications include antidepressants, anti-anxiety pills, pills for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and good ol’ American...

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Well state an opinion besides just posting the link...
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Well, psychotropic* drugs have been hyper-prescribed for years.

1. Is it because all of us have neuroatypical brain chemistry?
2. Or is there a social breakdrown that creates mental stress and confusion across a wide swatch of the population?

*I almost said psychotronic, which is a style of sensationalist filmmaking.
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I think both, maybe #2 causes a lot of us to develop into number 1's.

There are also the people who cope via very heavy drinking (for a teetotaler I seem to attract those)...
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One in five U.S. adults takes medication for a mental disorder
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Only 1 in 5? I thought it would be much more than that.
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There's good money in that industry. It's become an entire system, where they'll always prescribe more.
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Only 1 in 5? I thought it would be much more than that.

Because they are Americans, right? No mental illness there in the Emerald Island? I would venture to guess that the issues with mental illness in the USA have to do with stress, especially if you are trying to raise a family while both parents work full time outside the home. Never mind working single parents.
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Because they are Americans, right? No mental illness there in the Emerald Island?
No, don't be so touchy. I'm aware of the proliferation of new "conditions" over the last twenty years and the concomitant proliferation of medications by Big Pharma in the US. In that sense you are victims of yet another big scam.
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Because they are Americans, right? No mental illness there in the Emerald Island?

I couldn't find Ireland but use seems to be about 10% in the UK:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...icals-industry

So it seems safe to assume fewer Irish are on meds. I suppose their TV isn't allowed to bombard them with pharma adverts, either.
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