article_snippet: Opinion: Are drugs stifling women?
article_snippet: And why is at least one in four American women taking some form of psychiatric medication, including antidepressants, versus one in seven men, according to Holland?
article_snippet: Some of at least one in four American women taking some form of psychiatric medication, including antidepressants, versus one in seven men definitely should be taking antidepressants and other medications, but the question is why are so many other women taking Some of these women when Some of these women don't need to be?
article_snippet: But when more and more women medicate away more and more women emotions when more and more women don't need to be taking antidepressants or any other psychiatric drugs, more and more women create a "new normal," she said.
article_snippet: And when it seems more normal than not to be on mental health meds, the bar is lowered for when women will go on antidepressants, she said.
article_snippet: Women today are subjected to a barrage of advertising -- from daytime talk shows to women's magazines -- about the medications Women could take to make Women feel better.
article_snippet: How concerned are you that so many women who don't necessarily need antidepressants are taking so many women who don't necessarily need antidepressants?
highlights_snippet: At least one in four U.S. women is taking a psychiatric drug, according to expert .
  
highlights_snippet: Author says many women taking mental health meds don't really need many women taking mental health meds .
  