Saturday, July 16, 2022

Antidepressant Usage

 Just something I noticed today....on antidepressant usage around the globe.  Germans?  Mostly in the middle (half as much as Americans).  

Doesn't surprise me over Icelandic usage.

Begs a lot of questions.....but the chatter will just go in a circle.  

2 comments:

Daz said...

And the harsher reality still is that some of the milder countries just don't have the supply level to make the problem seem as bad as it is.

Check out 'prescription thugs', a documentary from Chris Bell. I think you'd enjoy it.

Schnitzel_Republic said...

Most of the lesser countries (exception of Chile) are modern and have a decent flow of medication supplies. I'd even note that South Korea has a more rigid view of the use (not to abuse it). A lot of people in the US will argue that usage goes well over 'normal'.

I worked with an individual who studied in college and ended up as a psychology doctor. He lasted about 18 months in the job...till he figured out that the clinic theme was to just sign prescriptions for meds, and not really curing the patient of his problems. That was late 1980s, and I'm sure the problem is twice as bad now.

The med trend has always been to introduce as a 'wonder-drug', and about ten years later....grasp that abuse was a serious consequence. Same way with pain drugs introduced 25 years ago.