Along with the rise in antidepressant use in recent years, we have
witnessed the creation of many new clinical diagnoses in the field of
psychiatry. What would have been considered just a few years ago to be
rebellious behavior among teenagers is now termed Oppositional Defiant
disorder; what was once looked upon as a child not wanting to do math
homework is now classified as Mathematics Disorder. As the psychiatric
establishment increasingly asserts its importance by pathologizing
normal human behaviors, tens of millions of Americans are popping pills
in an attempt to find mental wellbeing. All the while,
Big Pharma is making a killing; in 2010 alone, SSRI sales topped $70 billion.[8]
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