“..’Manufacturing Depression’: Are Doctors Over-Prescribing Antidepressants to a Tune of $10 Billion a Year for Drug Companies?..”
“.. A psychotherapist says depression can be debilitating — but that it’s also been largely created by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition.
Is depression manufactured?
Two decades after the introduction of antidepressants, it’s become commonplace to assume that our sadness can be explained in terms of a disease called depression.
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates more than 14 million Americans suffer from major depression every year and more than three million suffer from minor depression.
Some 30 million Americans take antidepressants at a cost of over $10 billion a year.
My next guest argues while depression can be debilitating ..
.. it’s also been largely manufactured by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition with a biological cause that can be treated with prescription medication..”
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