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This and the parent’s statement is almost entirely wrong. Given 2 statements: 1) Americans don’t seek/receive enough mental healthcare 2) Americans seek/receiv

This and the parent’s statement is almost entirely wrong. Given 2 statements: 1) Americans don’t seek/receive enough mental healthcare 2) Americans seek/receive too much mental health care no one (other than the old school types who think mental health is simply something for weak people) would pick (2) as true.

BurningFrog 4y ago
This is a counterargument to something I didn't say.
dylan604 4y ago
You can have mental health care without over prescribing pills. Some people can really benefit from being asked "how does that make you feel" in a place where they can be honest and not have to provide an answer they think is being sought.
kkielhofner 4y ago
Americans don’t receive enough HEALTH care. Period. When they do it’s a yearly 10 minute appointment with a primary care physician. The physician breezes in, looks at some lab work, asks a few questions, writes a prescription or two (hey they have to “treat” something), and heads to the next patient because they do not have time. 80% of anti-depressants are prescribed by general practitioners, not psychiatrists: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473964/#Sec1title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473964/#Sec1ti... I know many, many people who were going through something in their life and mentioned being “a little down” to their primary care doctor. They were handed a prescription for an SSRI on the spot. So now they have depression. General practitioners do not have the time or the training to be diagnosing and treating mental health disorders. This isn’t a case of “look at a rash for 2 seconds and prescribe a topical steroid”. Psychiatrists schedule hour long appointments and many of them will want to see you a few times before they attempt to diagnose or treat anything. You can receive not enough health care and too much at the same time. It’s a matter of the right quality and appropriate type of health care.
- mensetmanusman 4y ago
  Healthcare costs are equal to the amount of healthcare used multiplied by the cost per use. Big picture, Americans use a bit less healthcare and an other parts of the world, but they tend to spend about five times as much which is where the costs come in.

BurningFrog 4y ago

This is a counterargument to something I didn't say.

dylan604 4y ago

You can have mental health care without over prescribing pills. Some people can really benefit from being asked "how does that make you feel" in a place where they can be honest and not have to provide an answer they think is being sought.

kkielhofner 4y ago

Americans don’t receive enough HEALTH care. Period. When they do it’s a yearly 10 minute appointment with a primary care physician. The physician breezes in, looks at some lab work, asks a few questions, writes a prescription or two (hey they have to “treat” something), and heads to the next patient because they do not have time. 80% of anti-depressants are prescribed by general practitioners, not psychiatrists: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473964/#Sec1title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473964/#Sec1ti... I know many, many people who were going through something in their life and mentioned being “a little down” to their primary care doctor. They were handed a prescription for an SSRI on the spot. So now they have depression. General practitioners do not have the time or the training to be diagnosing and treating mental health disorders. This isn’t a case of “look at a rash for 2 seconds and prescribe a topical steroid”. Psychiatrists schedule hour long appointments and many of them will want to see you a few times before they attempt to diagnose or treat anything. You can receive not enough health care and too much at the same time. It’s a matter of the right quality and appropriate type of health care.

mensetmanusman 4y ago
Healthcare costs are equal to the amount of healthcare used multiplied by the cost per use. Big picture, Americans use a bit less healthcare and an other parts of the world, but they tend to spend about five times as much which is where the costs come in.