DEPRESSION AND OVER PRESCRIBING DRUGS

What else is new? Over prescription of drugs is so easy compared to the hard work of actually healing people. But it is possible. As mentioned first on the excellent site Bolenreport.com here is some evidence.

Are Depressed Patients Exploited By The Drug Industry?

"A study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry by an Italian group of investigators headed by Professor Giovanni A. Fava (University of Bologna) suggests, that with appropriate psychosocial interventions, half of the patients with recurrent depression could be still well and drug free six years after termination of treatment, instead of being linked to long term drug treatment."

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