An unprecedented 1 in 66 Americans is a diagnosed psychotic | The Raw Story
"[T]he tally of those who are so disabled by mental disorders that they qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) increased nearly two and a half times between 1987 and 2007 - from one in 184 Americans to one in seventy-six. For children, the rise is even more startling - a thirty-five-fold increase in the same two decades. Mental illness is now the leading cause of disability in children." Under the tutelage of Big Pharma, we are "simply expanding the criteria for mental illness so that nearly everyone has one." Fugh-Berman agrees: In the age of aggressive drug marketing, she says, "Psychiatric diagnoses have expanded to include many perfectly normal people."[/SIZE]
Mass Psychosis in the US
Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 billion in sales, antipsychotics became the single top-selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs in the United States, surpassing drugs used to treat high cholesterol and acid reflux.
I wanna jump but I'm afraid I'll fall
I wanna holler but the joint's too small
Pharamcabal's got a hold of me too
I got the rockin' delusion and the pill poppin' flu
Want some lovin' doc and that ain't all
I wanna 'scprit for a pharma 8 ball
Shill Daignostic's gonna get me my due
I got the rockin' delusion and the pill poppin' flu
Wanna psychosis i'm way too slow
A thought disorder for that drugstore blow
Insurance dude says he's gonna come through
I got the rockin' delusion and the pill poppin' flu
"[T]he tally of those who are so disabled by mental disorders that they qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) increased nearly two and a half times between 1987 and 2007 - from one in 184 Americans to one in seventy-six. For children, the rise is even more startling - a thirty-five-fold increase in the same two decades. Mental illness is now the leading cause of disability in children." Under the tutelage of Big Pharma, we are "simply expanding the criteria for mental illness so that nearly everyone has one." Fugh-Berman agrees: In the age of aggressive drug marketing, she says, "Psychiatric diagnoses have expanded to include many perfectly normal people."[/SIZE]
Mass Psychosis in the US
Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 billion in sales, antipsychotics became the single top-selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs in the United States, surpassing drugs used to treat high cholesterol and acid reflux.
I wanna jump but I'm afraid I'll fall
I wanna holler but the joint's too small
Pharamcabal's got a hold of me too
I got the rockin' delusion and the pill poppin' flu
Want some lovin' doc and that ain't all
I wanna 'scprit for a pharma 8 ball
Shill Daignostic's gonna get me my due
I got the rockin' delusion and the pill poppin' flu
Wanna psychosis i'm way too slow
A thought disorder for that drugstore blow
Insurance dude says he's gonna come through
I got the rockin' delusion and the pill poppin' flu