politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
your contributions are irrelevant to the topic, and also super shitty to bring up around a lot of people that're scared for the mental health of their families. "your beef" isn't worth sniffing, so please take it elsewhere. you should be able to tell from ratios alone that your comments are unwelcome, shameless, and tactless.
Lazy doctors pushing big pharma sponsored pills is right on topic. It doesn't apply to everyone, but it applies to a large number of people.
11% of Americans over the age of 12 take an antidepressant.
This is a problem that shouldn't be ignored even if it is being raised by a right wing, brain worm eaten anti vaxxer.
the reason you're in this thread is because
YOU FEEL UNSEEN BY YOUR DOCTORS BECAUSE THEY DISMISS YOUR PAIN
that's not related whatsoever, i'm sorry, i used to be in your position, i hope you get a real diagnosis for what's wrong (mine was hEDS) because most doctors say it's fibromyalgia when they don't know and they've given up... that's for-profit medicine for you... but, as i've covered elsewhere
people take anti-depressants for several problems, including fibromyalgia
SO MAYBE you should take a step back and chill
Unfortunately it is related.
I hear a lot of anger and fear from people about their medication. And everyone believes their case is justified.
Antidepressants are too readily prescribed.
The US is the world leader.
These two facts are relevant and not about me personally. They can't be simply dismissed.
The thing is, RFK Jr is not saying “let’s take a step back and look at reasonable alternatives to over prescription. Let’s analyze factors like medical misogyny and the way that the current mental health system prioritizes functioning in a capitalist system over actual wellness, and sticks to cheap/easy solutions like SSRI’s and CBT to create a better system.”
RFK Jr is playing into the Alex Jones script which has been playing for at least a full decade - that antidepressants are an evil plot by the globalists to drug us into submission (or even to trigger mass shootings - they’ve tried to lay every mass shooting at the feet of trans people or people on SSRI’s). The solution that will be advocated for is categorizing those unable to function without these medications as disabled/second class citizens. It’s not like doctors are magically going to go “well, they legislated the SSRI’s away, now I can no longer dismiss women’s medical complaints and have to address the issue” - it’s just going to take away effective treatment from the people who need them.
Trust me, I fucking hate the mental health field. There’s a replicability crisis in psych, no known mechanisms for how SSRI’s even work, and definitely the attitude that the first and only step should be medicating the problem away. But right wing grifters with brain worms are not going to fix anything.
So, do you think it might be related to how the US isnuniquely the only industrialized nation with no universal health care, minimal (if any) social safety nets, a shit economy that only benefits the upper 1%, and the very obvious fascist heading our country is on?
Yes. "Cure all" pills are much cheaper than analysis. No wonder insurance pushes them.
Partially. This certainly increases stress and allows it to be (falsely?) used as a cause.
No. The rest of the world has worse economies but less antidepressants
Not the 1% in particular, but lower social class has higher usage of antidepressants.
Antidepressant overprescription has been building for more than a decade. It's not just Trumps fault.