• ubergeek@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    So, do you think it might be related to how the US isnuniquely the only industrialized nation with no universal health care, minimal (if any) social safety nets, a shit economy that only benefits the upper 1%, and the very obvious fascist heading our country is on?

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      5 days ago

      only industrialized nation with no universal health care

      Yes. “Cure all” pills are much cheaper than analysis. No wonder insurance pushes them.

      minimal (if any) social safety nets.

      Partially. This certainly increases stress and allows it to be (falsely?) used as a cause.

      shit economy

      No. The rest of the world has worse economies but less antidepressants

      only benefits the upper 1%,

      Not the 1% in particular, but lower social class has higher usage of antidepressants.

      and the very obvious fascist heading

      Antidepressant overprescription has been building for more than a decade. It’s not just Trumps fault.