> 4) I suspect depression is seriously underdiagnosed in med students and MORE students should be taking antidepressants than those currently on them.
I find that seriously messed up. Maybe it's not 75%, but let's assume an extra margin should be taking antidepressants to exist in the highly competitive med school environment. Further, let's assume that antidepressants progress and competitive programs keep raising the bar based on entrants and dropout rate..
Our public health goal seems to be to develop a society so stressful that psychiatric drugs are not for unbalance in the patient compared to a healthy control but to make unhealthy people that can survive hyper-competition and are maximally profitable for institutions.
I find that seriously messed up. Maybe it's not 75%, but let's assume an extra margin should be taking antidepressants to exist in the highly competitive med school environment. Further, let's assume that antidepressants progress and competitive programs keep raising the bar based on entrants and dropout rate..
Our public health goal seems to be to develop a society so stressful that psychiatric drugs are not for unbalance in the patient compared to a healthy control but to make unhealthy people that can survive hyper-competition and are maximally profitable for institutions.