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   XPost: alt.philosophy, sci.econ, alt.psychology   
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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   sarge wrote:   
   > On 4 Aug, 04:36, 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.   
      
   > Less time to actually deal with one's problems in healthier ways.   
      
   Easy to claim with some areas like cops that resort to booze etc.   
      
   > More pushing of these medications by the industry,   
   > for example at free screenings, via doctors.   
      
   > More potential diagnoses every years.  Creating   
   > new markets and all that.  Society is sicker   
      
   Thats very arguable.   
      
   > and people are overstimulated and over bombarded and frantic.   
   > Propaganda against talk therapies,   
      
   It aint just propaganda, there is bugger all rigorous   
   scientific evicence that they actually work at all.   
      
   There is plenty of evidence that medication does work for loonys   
   tho, and has allowed us to close many locked wards now.   
      
   > against feelings, against people who have feelings.   
      
   Waffle.   
      
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