The problem is too many genuinely ill people remain untreated, mostly because of socioeconomic factors. People who don’t really need these drugs are trying to medicate a normal reaction to an unnatural set of stressors: lives without nearly enough sleep, sunshine, nutrients, movement and eye contact, which is crucial to us as social primates.
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At least one in four women in America now takes a psychiatric medication, compared with one in seven men.Read more in the NYT.
Thanks, +Alessia Bhargava
