At Taxpayer Expense
At Taxpayer Expense 
More hype, more money. Subsidized by the American citizen, depression is a growth industry. Psychiatrists continually ask for more money to “study” the problem, and the government hands it over. Subsidized unwittingly by the taxpayer, depression is indeed a growth industry. The American Psychiatric Association, NIMH and pharmaceutical companies claim that ever-higher numbers of Americans suffer from it. The psychiatric industry continually asks for yet more money to study the problem. And the government dutifully forks it over. In 1994 the NIMH received $158 million to “study” depression. The NIMH budget for depression studies in 1996 is nearly $200 million. But if drugs are so wonderful, why is so much additional money needed for further research?
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