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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Drugs are highly monitored, and certainly not given out anywhere near as lightly as in the US... But there is definitely a market for psychology. I live about 2 minutes away from a large specialized psychiatric hospital. They do indeed do US style therapies, but try to keep away from using the "drugs can fix it all" type of thinking.
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I have heard of psychiatric hospitals, but I didn't know they did out-patient care, too.
One thing Americans don't realize is that drug companies don't advertise during the evening news in other countries like they do in America. People are convinced they need the latest antidepressent because of commercials, not doctor diagnoses.