--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > > None of this is to say that there aren't too > > > many antidepressants being prescribed, simply that > > > a claim that "one-third of the adult population > > > of the U.S. and many other countries" based on > > > the number of prescriptions written is almost > > > certainly *wildly* exaggerated. > > > > The original may have said "one third of all prescriptions written > > for adults are for anti-depressants"... > > Very possibly. That's why I wanted to see the > original quote (and possibly why Barry didn't > want me to be able to find it).
He may have scrambled it himself. Doctors and scientists aren't immune from misquoting statistics either. It's the telephone effect with stature when you quote a scientist/doctor quoting another scientist/doctor when neither had the original stats in front of them when speaking... 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/
