Posted by med_empowered on February 25, 2007, at 1:39:51
In reply to Medicalize Me: Experts Look at Perceptions, posted by Brutus1 on February 24, 2007, at 15:25:05
I think this medicalization of misery reflects financial interests of big pharma and weakened social ties more than anything else. Pills help some people sometimes with some disorders, but so do placebos...so do other people. Our reliance on pills is fostered in part by a mammoth beast of a pharma industry,allied w/ an elite guild (doctors), as well as our increasing social disconnection (anomie) and lack of worthwhile social services (in the US, at least).
Just my thoughts.
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