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This lead to a restructuring of psychiatry from subjective, ''bias'' prone practitioner analysis to objective psychometric tests. By using a yes / no algorithm based upon reported symptoms it was found that 50% of all US citizens had a mental disorder. This was an issue, pharmaceutical corporations invented an answer the first ever antidepressant SSRI, Prozac / fluoxetine, this rapidly became the most widely prescribed drugs in history. 1 in 7 now take an antidepressant daily in Australia. | This lead to a restructuring of psychiatry from subjective, ''bias'' prone practitioner analysis to objective psychometric tests. By using a yes / no algorithm based upon reported symptoms it was found that 50% of all US citizens had a mental disorder. This was an issue, pharmaceutical corporations invented an answer the first ever antidepressant SSRI, Prozac / fluoxetine, this rapidly became the most widely prescribed drugs in history. 1 in 7 now take an antidepressant daily in Australia. | ||
However, by using psychometric tests which don't account for the patients context of whether they are bereaved or just lost their job, the normal ups and downs in life (exogenous) are confused with mental disorders (endogenous). This has then created an illusion of a vast mental health epidemic. | |||