Big Pharma and Loose Diagnoses

When we find out that our young adults are trading in Adderall and Ritalin because fellow students are looking to enhance their performance, our initial reaction is usually shock.  Upon deeper analysis and reflection, however, we can see that young adults are mirroring behavior exhibited by the pharmaceutical culture in general.  Behaviors we would have once characterized within a normal range of expression are now considered abnormal and believed to require some form of medicating.  The proliferation of the diagnostic culture and quick fix remedies may now be expanding into areas such as grief and depression.Read the full article here:  Diagnosis:  Human