please ball club allen frances. [applause] i am very worried about the current situation in america and only slightly hopeful of the future prognosis we have become a pill popping society in the wrong people are getting the pills those suits should not be taking the pills are statistics are astounding 20% of the population take the psychiatric medication to%. antidepressant is 11 percent in women over 40 with 25 percent take the anti-depressant. 4% of the teenagers are taking stimulants and antidepressant the anti-psychotics of class that should be restricted to a small percentage of the population is one of the biggest revenue producing drugs in america with $18 billion per year being used for all sorts of things. antidepressants, told billion, the completely useless drug xanax is one of the most prescribed in america. we have 7 percent of the population a dip -- addicted to prescription drugs and it has become a bigger cause of overdose and death. more people die from overdose for prescription drugs they and carte

we begin with a panel looking at mental health at home and abroad with authors kenneth, allen frances and ethan waters. >>> good afternoon. welcome to the session prognosis' american mental health at home and abroad. i am gregory, a professor of medical and the college of vanderbilt university. today's session is an extension of part of a yearlong program sponsored by the robert morin center for the humanities at vanderbilt titled diagnosis and context and i would like to think the humanities tennessee and vanderbilt center for the medicine health and society in addition to the center for the financial support of today's session. ..