This happens even in socialized systems, because the doctors simply use the treatments developed by companies that are paid for treatments, or developed in other systems that are not socialized.
If a person gets depressed, what should you do? The solutions include:
1) Prescribe a drug in order to stabilize the brain thoughts. Easy and well documented solution for the doc, safe for the doc, and provides a diagnose to the patient, and a constant cash flow to the pharmaceutical industry.
2) Take the person into a treatment facility. Provides payment to the treatment facility, a diagnose to the patient, and maybe the patient will come back later. May be followed up by drugs, providing a cash flow to the pharmaceutical industry.
3) Tell the person that he is not depressed, and to go home. No diagnose is given, and maybe the doctor isn't paid for that visit, but it is often the right thing to do. The human brain is extremely good at fixing things when others say: There is nothing wrong with you.
4) Visit the person at home, investigate that person's normal day, find out why this person is depressed. Fix the cause. Almost nobody does that, because it is "magic", "undocumented", "not reproducable", "irregular turnover" and "expensive". But it is often a brilliant and cheap solution. |
