[NormsRevenge]

1 in 5 take some sort of mental med.. wow..

PHarma living.. becuz we all know.. a well medicated populace is good for all of us.

Remember the ol''

Without chemicals, life would be impossible.

[South40]

In the 60s, people too LSD to make the world seem weird.

Now they take Prozac to make it seem normal.

[Hodar]

More than one in four American women took at least one drug for conditions like anxiety and depression last year, according to an analysis of prescription data.

And I hear that 75% of women with mental disorders go undiagnosed ...

[AnAmericanAbroad]

One in four American women take meds for mental issues?

Well, that pretty explains everything.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to put on my best asbestos suit.

(I’m kidding. Sort of.)

[TigerClaws]

Doctors should be required to disclose to patients what drug stocks they own.

Also a good example of what hell feminism unleashed on American women.

[montyspython]

"One in four American women take medication for a mental disorder"

As long as you're not married to one...

[Billthedrill]

This

Thread

Is

Doomed.

;-)

[Siena Dreaming]

who was treated for a form of bipolar disorder earlier this year due to the stress

Is is a disorder to be depressed and under stress when your husband is facing death?

Seems like that might be a typical reaction to me.

Depression is not necessarily a "disorder" (and yes I am including the kind where you want to lay in bed for a few days). Emotions can be extremely negative at times. That doesn't mean you're going crazy.

[texas_mrs]

Playing with fire.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You preferred the “good ol’ days” when people used alcohol or “the sweet juice of the poppy” to deal with it?

[sten]

this is not a shock

if they could get their political affiliation, that’d be interesting

[blueunicorn6]

“More than one in four” - OK. What? Six....seven? Must be British math.

[Jack of all Trades]

Oh for the good old days when Mother’s little helper was a scrip for Nembutal or valium...

[mnehring]

Why so few? There are so many more that need help. (Duck and cover)

[matt1234]

We are the 80%.

[RatRipper]

. . . and another one in four should be on mental meds
- A middle aged divorce man

[mass55th]

They cite examples of Hollywood females who take meds for mental disorders. I’m a female, and know more than four other women, and none of them are on meds for mental disorders.

[Glenn]

If they didn't take them, we men would have to.

[Secret Agent Man]

1 in four us women take meds for mental disorders.

Seriously, that number may be too low.

Usually this is a disqualifier from having firearms. Wonder if they’re enforcing that on these women. I remember the video of the mom and son at the range and she blew him away and then herself.

[dawn53]

At the risk of being flamed, I see this statistic as the physicians’ fault in some cases.

Some doctors hand out anti-anxiety meds as panacea instead of trying to find the real problem. You might actually have to spend time with a patient, listen carefully to symptoms, and try to find a cause of their problems, but oftentimes it’s just easier to label the issue “anxiety” and send them on their way with a bottle of benzos.

I have MS, and am very active in the MS community. I can say that at least 50 percent of the women I know who are diagnosed with MS were first labeled as “anxious” or “stressed” and given a med for anxiety. It took perserverance, and “nagging”, sometimes changing doctors, to get on the right path to diagnosis.

[Iron Munro]

One in four American women take medication for a mental disorder

It's not unreasonable to think there could be some truth in this.