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miércoles, 20 de noviembre de 2013

Antidepressant use on the rise in rich countries

This news speak about the use of antidepressants in the world,  especially in the rich countries: United States, Iceland, Australia, Canada, countries of Europe (scandinavia included), China, etc.
This text concentrates in the alarming increased of use of antidepressants: in most of these countries, the statistics say that one in ten people use antidepressants.
In China, the antidepressant market has grown by about 20% in the last three years.
Some people say that the economic crises are related to the increased use of antidepressants. In fact, in Spain and Portugal, in the last five years, antidepressant prescriptions have jumped by more than 20%.
This situation is very preoccupant: too much people consume antidepressants!  Is this necessary? Absolutely not. Today, many doctors prescribe antidepressants to people who do not need. Mild depression can be healed with psychotherapy, but these million prescriptions are not accidentally: behind the antidepressants exist a giant market. This market moves billions of dollars each year. So, how to stop these overdose?
Many people think that  the antidepressants are not the solution to all problems. Antidepressants are widely oversubscribed to get rid of unhappiness," said Professor Tim Cantopher, consultant psychiatrist with the Priory Group in the UK. "They were not designed for that. Unhappiness is part of the human condition”

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