I do agree with you that there are cultural differences. There are mental health differences, too. I know that whenever kids come over to visit my kids they are sent with a bunch of ADHD pills, and mothers of other kids on the baseball teams and other stuff are always talking about the need for this medication or that for their kid's behavior. Just as one example, Ritalin is not prescribed in France.
“It’s complicated.”
But not really.
Probably a complex interplay of cultural touchy - feeliness and the drive for profit.
For instance - it only takes 2 weeks to diagnose “Depression,” but 6 months for Schizophrenia.
While Depression is a real disease - the threshold for diagnosing such has gotten lower and lower.
“Obesity” is a disease.
Last I checked, only trees gained weight from breathing air.
We have the option to shut our pieholes and remain hungry (and slim).
The Opiate Crisis, or whatever it’s called - while definitely driven by profit - was probably worsened by that ridiculous 10 - point “pain scale” that nurses use - as well as “patient / customer satisfaction” feedback mandated by corporate medicine.
Not a physician, so what do I know.
But ALL of this IS like arguing with a Hemodialysis patient telling you “I know my body.”
Go figure.
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