genuinely interested in your depression.

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Originally posted by morrocan roll

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Originally posted by stargalaxy

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shall we get back to the point peeps...>>>

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(1) There's no question that depression is a public health problem. In Australia, for example, it's the second-biggest contributor to the total burden of disease. Only diabetes is more significant, and for women, depression tops diabetes.

(2) The World Health Organization says that while the past century has seen dramatic improvements worldwide in physical health, mental health in both developed and developing countries has not improved, and in some cases has deteriorated. In one survey, 10 per cent of schoolchildren in Alexandria, Egypt, had depression; in another, 44 per cent of the adults in a rural village in Pakistan were affected.

(3) It seems difficult to deny there are more prescriptions than ever being issued out for anti-depressants in the UK. Some say higher prescription rates are just a sign that more people are recognising depression and having it treated. Others see it as evidence in itself that we're all too willing to pop a pill instead of dealing with underlying psychological or social problems.

(4) Do drug companies contribute to this? Top psychiatrist Dr Petros Markou says "Those who do not have some level of mood disturbance already do not respond to Prozac. Antidepressants do not make you artificially happy. However, it is certainly true that drug companies are there to make money."