"By labeling shyness and other human personality traits as disorders with biological causes, says Lane, the doors opened to a pharmaceutical industry primed and ready to provide a pill for every alleged chemical imbalance or biological problem imaginable.According to Lane, the number of mental health disorders the general population might exhibit increased from 180 in 1968 to more than 350 in 1994. He takes issue with the rationale for such a dramatic increase and questions whether all of the new psychiatric labels were really necessary or even accurate." from Associated Content.
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