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The safest and richest societies are also the most highly medicated, so I would question to what prevailing evidence you refer. For an extreme example one might
by jazzyjackson 2y ago
The safest and richest societies are also the most highly medicated, so I would question to what prevailing evidence you refer. For an extreme example one might consider soldiers / warfighters. Very high rates of trauma and suicidality after returning from war, and this is only anecdotal not first hand but I would be interested to know what the mental health of deployed soldiers looks like in comparison (certainly there is a range of environments between 'deployed at a desk in japan' vs combat units living in 'danger, chaos and instability', so it might be a good context to study within)
- ceejayoz 2y ago> The safest and richest societies are also the most highly medicated... That, alone, could point to two very obvious but very different conclusions. One is that people in those societies need medications more. Alternatively, people in these societies get needed medications more. I suspect the average American gets more therapy than the average Afghan, but I suspect the Afghans would still benefit from it.
- pksebben 2y agoI think Maslow would have a point to make, here. Privileged societies are more medicated because the most pressing issues to them are (somewhat) soluble using medication. Because they are not imminently worried about housing and sustenance or violence. Would be odd to consider medicating for fibromyalgia or depression when you're starving and/or being bombed / shot at.