Posted by johnj on November 19, 2002, at 16:06:32
In reply to Re: The truth about the french paradox?, posted by Larry Hoover on November 19, 2002, at 13:56:03
I have lived and worked in Japan for 5 years in the past. Mental health care is atrocious. It is like the 1950's in the US. A male would never be encouraged to seek treatment for depression or anxiety and would most likely self medicate with alcohol. My wife had a friend who had horrible depression after pregnancy and they did absolutely nothing for her, but medicate her to a stupor. Also, the young generation does not eat fish like the older generation. I would liken the statistics of mood orders to be about as accurate as the ssri stats and sexual dysfunction. In other words, not accurate at all. I have always wondered when they say soy is a reason Japanese women have less menopausal problems if it is the soy or the way society does not allow women to complain. Numbers are manipulated so easy.
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