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Originally Posted by Walkedthatroad
Over 400,000 people a year die from medical mistakes, that more than 1,000 people a day. I don'tknow if these numbers include the mental health field, but I cringe when I hear therapy being compared to Western medicine as practiced in the US. IMHO, so many more are lead astray and maimed or killed by surgeons, etc., and for me they are a lot more dangerous than any one putting up a shingle saying: The Therapist IS IN.
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It is good that we have these statistics on western medicine, but I don't think it's any more dangerous than mental health treatment. The fact that we don't know how many die or or harmed by therapy mistakes is deeply troubling.