931. Prescription Meds & Mental Health

When it comes to depression and anxiety, we don't realize how bad things really are. Statistics from 2021 are showing that a quarter of the US population over 18 years are on prescription meds for mental health! Doctors wrote an astonishing 300 million prescriptions for antidepressants, and another 70 million for patients with ADHD. Dr. Martin teaches about the cause of depression and anxiety in today's episode and discusses alternatives to prescription drugs. Getting to the root cause of why someone is depressed or anxious is the first step.