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   XPost: alt.philosophy, sci.econ, alt.psychology   
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   From: jonescardiff@btinternet.com   
      
   Immortalist wrote:   
   > (1) - Newer drugs, more social acceptance: It may be more socially   
   > acceptable to be diagnosed with and treated for depression. The   
   > availability of new drugs may also have been a factor.   
   >   
   > (2) - Cost may be deterrent to talk therapy: Therapy is as effective   
   > as, if not more effective than, drug use alone,... out-of-pocket costs   
   > for psychotherapy and lower insurance coverage for such visits may   
   > have driven patients away from seeing therapists in favor of an easy-   
   > to-prescribe pill.   
      
   The reason for the presence and justification of antidepressant drugs AT   
   ALL is due to the culturally driven, illness model of behaviour.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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