Suicide rates are the highest they've been in 25 years; nearly 1/10 of Americans are on antidepressants; "the number of patients diagnosed with depression increases by approximately 20% each year"; as of 2011 "Antidepressant prescribing has risen nearly 400% since 1988" "Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18% of the population. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)" You get the idea. At this point, it seems apt to step back and take a look at the bigger picture. Is it the patients who are sick, or is this a systemic problem arising from the impersonal and unstable society we inhabit?