--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > For example, one-third of the adult popu- > > lation of America and many other countries is on a > > constant prescription of antidepressants. > > I'd love to see a source for this "statistic." > I strongly suspect it's bogus.
Originally quoted at a public talk by Dr. Helen Caldicott, referencing a study by the organization Médicins sans frontieres. Their figures were based on number of pre- scriptions written, which is easily trace- able and researched in the medical data- bases. If you want a more definitive source, find it yourself. I wouldn't have believed it myself until my contracting work in the Midwest, when the subject came up once and it turned out that I was the only person on my team *not* taking antidepressants. Interestingly, the same organization just released similar stats for France that indicate that the usage of antidepressants here is even higher. That took me aback. I asked my personal doctor here (whose practice is in the affluent 7th arrondis- sement) about it and he shook his head and said, "The percentage among my patients is probably even higher. They come in and request the drugs; I almost have to prescribe them." Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
