The author argues the 130% rise in antidepressant use for teen girls is not a real illness but a result of medicalizing normal female emotional development. He claims girls are diagnosed and drugged more because they express feelings and trauma, while boys are overlooked. He warns this pattern creates lifelong dependence, harms mothers and children, and serves pharmaceutical and social control interests.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://drmcfillin.substack.com/p/being-female-is-now-a-mental-illness?open=false