CBC news report: “What if mental illnesses like depression aren’t really caused by chemical imbalances, and that millions of the people who are prescribed those drugs derive no benefit from them? And what if those drugs could actually make their mental illness worse and more intractable over the long term?”
Canadians are Drugging Unhappiness
… if its not a drug solution, it’s a surgery solution. It is said that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Medical doctors do not put enough emphasis on other alternatives, mostly because they don’t know about them, are not trained in them, and it’s not their job. So each person has to educate themselves and become their own health advocate because as the article points out, there are a lot of perils to drug use for mood management.
One habit (which most people have) that leads to depression
Depression and anxiety are becoming epidemic. Statistics on Depression: • One in ten U.S. adults report depression. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, 2008)