Big Pharma is not always the answer

According to ‘Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness’, by Anne Harrington, a Harvard professor and renowned historian, the pharmaceutical companies (Big Pharma) have played a prominent role in determining the treatment strategy for mental illness (in the United States (US)), and this is what has led to an increased rise in antipsychotic and antidepressant, as well as other pharmacological use. This article will highlight that Big Pharma knows its influence over the mental healthcare sector and utilizes that to put its profits before its patients (concentrating on US statistics — as that is where Big Pharma mostly festers).

The Problem with Big Pharma:

Every year, new treatments and medications are introduced by Big Pharma to be used by medical professionals. However, while the evolution and progress of new medications may be essential to assisting individuals with…