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Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi everybody,

A new study authored by Wittchen et al. reports that 38% of Europeans are suffering from a mental disorder.  I have not seen the study so I don't know whether Narcissistic Personality Disorder or other personality disorders were included.  The 4 most prevalent:  anxiety disorders, insomnia, depression, and dementia.  See, for example:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/05/third-europeans-mental-disorder

And this at a time when pharmaceutical companies (facing the loss of revenue as their blockbusters lose patent protection and become available as generics) are cutting back on research in brain disorders:

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110614/full/news.2011.367.html


Richard

BonesMS:
Quote from Dr. G:

"And this at a time when pharmaceutical companies (facing the loss of revenue as their blockbusters lose patent protection and become available as generics) are cutting back on research in brain disorders:

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110614/full/news.2011.367.html"

Can we say Corporate Greed by Big Pharma?

Bones

Guest:
So 62% of Europeans are not suffering from a mental disorder? I bet they mostly live in the sunnier places, with access to the Med sea, olives, red wine, a little cheese...

As for the 38%, well, have you met my family?



Bones

I could say something different, but I tend to be quite polite on this board.

sea storm:
I really like this topic however I am late in replying. I could write a book on why but I will spare you. If 38% of the people are miserable maybe it is not the people but the culture that needs looking at. Medicating everyone for anxiety is so 1984ish. The money that pharmaceutical companies make off of human misery is obscene.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Sea storm

Hopalong:
I think Western culture is going through a crisis that is manifesting in these ways in people...

It's Africa's turn. Asia's turn. Latin America's turn.

We blew it.

We can build something different if we want, but there are a lot of human ashes.

Hops

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