Hi there. I notice you're in Kent, so your care would come under the care of the NHS. The nurses and doctors in the NHS aren't paid for medications; in fact a great deal of pressure is placed on them to minimise the amount of medications given (unless genuinely needed) because it costs them money (not us). So, the only people who make money out of medications are the drugs corporations, not the prescribers. Now, in the UK it's illegal for them to pay doctors to prescribe a medicine (not so much true in the USA) and so there is no incentive to prescribe a medicine.
Just to clarify, when you say anti-psychiatry, you're only referring to the medication side of things, not the talking side of things? Would you like to tell us why you're so against medication?
I would have to say, I take medication. And I hate taking medication. But it makes my quality of life so much better that I'm not just going to stop.
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