--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > over half > of the adult population of the U.S. is on a regular > prescription for some kind of antidepressant
Not. Where did you get that stat from, Scientology? In 2002, the figures were around 8.5 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st77/stat77.pdf http://tinyurl.com/c6t7jj Even if you account for the percentages of children, those who are institutionalized, and noncivilians taking antidepressants, and assume an increase for 2008, you aren't going to end up with anywhere near "over half the adult population." Still way too many, of course, but there's no need to inflate the figures to make that point.
