Anti-depressants are probably overprescribed but taking unnecessary anti-depressants is usually not as bad as not taking them if they do help.
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I am sympathetic to "But they are doing this instead of other treatments that might work"... but we shouldn't assume the more effective alternatives are affordable or some variation of "Smile more"
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This all hangs on whether clinical depression is being over-diagnosed or not. I am sympathetic to the idea that “having a tough time “ is being mistaken for clinical depression. But no strong opinion
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I don't think there is a right answer to that question. We're trying to apply a binary to what is a spectrum. (I mean, to some extent we have to, but it complicates things.)
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Any spectrum become a binary once you draw a line. So I guess the question is whether contemporary psychology is drawing that line too far over on the spectrum.
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