Drug 'em and Forget 'em

As seen in this ABC News report a huge study has found that

patients on antidepressants rarely get the psychiatric therapy needed right after they start the drugs, a time when risk of suicidal behavior can rise temporarily.

Two-thirds of children and even more adults did not see a doctor or therapist for mental health care once within a month of beginning drug treatment, according to the study by Medco Health Solutions Inc., which manages prescription benefits for health plans.

Mind you, we are skeptical of the effectiveness of psychiatric solutions in the first place.

But this is more proof of the "Drug Them and Forget Them" mentality so common with the "Pop a Pill for Pharma" philosophy.

This is trusting the medication to do all of the work for you, even though you will be dealing with a living feeling human being. This reveals a certain fundamental lack of care and lack of caring rampant in the Big Business of Psychiatry and Big Pharma.