Those who defend such widespread use of prescription drugs insist that a significant part of the population is under-treated and, by inference, under-medicated. Those opposed to such rampant use of drugs note that diagnostic rates for bipolar disorder, in particular, have skyrocketed by 4,000% and that overmedication is impossible without over-diagnosis.
那些捍卫广泛使用处方药的人坚持认为美国人口中有相当一部分是被治疗不足的，言下之意就是用药不足。而那些反对如此普遍使用药物的人则特别指出狂躁抑郁症的诊断率爆增了40倍，没有过度诊断也就不可能有过度用药。