--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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). > > See what I mean about stalking, folks?
Not really. From what I read, you cited a seemingly (to me) inflated statistic of anti-depressant use. Judy appeared to express concern if this figure was acurrate. I looked it up and found levels across developed countries to be about 1/4 of what you cited. Do you feel that I stalking you? I have been on the list for over 3 years. A related issue is, even if the use of SSRI's etc was 30%, so what? The implication, perhaps not intended by you, is that this would be odd, crazy, an indication of social decadence. Perhaps even a sign of raging drugged out bliss ninnies, tranquillized zombies, pervading society. An observation deserving smug arrogance, or private snickering. If 80% of society took vitamins, is that a sign that the majority of society is "sick", handicaped, decrepid? An observation deserving or snickering and smugness? > This isn't > about the number of people on antidepressants at > all. It's about finding some way to discredit > Barry/Unc. And this subject has been used to do > so ever since it was brought up years ago on a.m.t. > after I attended a talk by Helen Caldicott and she > used this figure. It may or may not be correct; > at the time she cited Medecins sans frontieres, > an organization that is firmly in the "not only > are too many psychotropic drugs being prescribed, > but the actual numbers prescribed are being hidden > by the drug companies in their reporting" school > of thought. OK. Some of us have not followed the Judy/Unc affair for years. Some of us don't care about it. > I don't know the answer. Ok. Then why spend so many lines discussing your uninformed views on the topic? 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/
