According to the World Health Organization, the United States is one of the most depressed countries in the world, with one in five adults experiencing some form of mental health issue each year. While some of the millions of people diagnosed with these conditions seek therapy to cope with their problems, the vast majority are simply handed prescriptions for antidepressant and other psychiatric drugs and sent on their way.
Sadly, more and more children are being swept up in this net of chemical medications. CCHR, the international mental health watchdog organization, warns that over 7 million children under the age of 17 are already on some form of psychiatric medication, including over 2 million on antidepressants, 1.2 million on antipsychotics, and 1.4 million on anti-anxiety medications.
And those numbers are sure to grow astronomically, if a new program being implemented in Washington State takes off nationally. Several King County school districts in that state will shortly be introducing mandatory screenings to establish mental health and substance abuse risk factors in seventh grade students. And that will provide a whole new batch of “patients” for Big Pharma to sell psychiatric drugs to.
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