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In 1955, there were 565,000 mentally ill people in state and county mental hospitals, with a disability rate of 141 in every 470 people. By 1987, when Prozac was introduced, the number of people on disability due to mental illness had increased to 1,250,000, with a disability rate of 1 in every 184. Since then, the United States has seen a significant rise in psychiatric medication sales, spending over $40 billion annually. The number of people on government disability due to mental illness has tripled to 4 million, with 850 adults being added daily. Additionally, the number of children receiving payments for mental disorders has increased from 16,200 to 600,000, with 250 children per day joining the disability program. This raises questions about whether the drug-based paradigm of care is contributing to this epidemic.