TheByzantine, both articles were very interesting. Also interesting in the first article that several variables were considered, but not variables that I think are critical to consider in diagnoses and treatment: the potential for subjective decision making on behalf of psychiatrists and their potential skewed view of the patient and all the potential illnesses, and the and competency or lack thereof of the clinicians. I think to leave out those inlfuences leaves the picture incomplete. (Certainly in my experience of psychiatry)

And the other variable, which is relevent to both articles is the massive global influence of BIG PHARMA on the diagnosing and prescribing by psychiatrists, and the influence in mental health outcomes.