Capitalism with its threat of unemployment, rent arrears or mortgage payments is a depressing society. How depressing is shown by the latest figures from the Health and Social Care Information Society about the use of antidepressants. 'Almost one in ten people in Britain is taking antidepressants with GP prescriptions for them almost doubling in ten years. Doctors last year issued 55 million prescriptions for pills such as Prozac, up from 50 million the year before and nearly twice the 2004 amount.' (Times, 6 January) Last year £280 million was spent on the drugs. RD
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