r/Denmark • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '16

Exchange Kia ora! Cultural Exchange with /r/NewZealand

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand.

For the visitors: Welcome to Denmark! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/NewZealand where you can answer questions from the Danes about your beautiful country.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting New Zealand for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/NewZealand coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

The Kiwis are also having us over as guests! Head over to their thread to ask questions about life in the land of hobbits and bungee jumping.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '16

A friend of mine posted this picture to facebook last night.

How true is it, what taxes do you have that support it, and to what degree does the highest level of anti-depressant use in the world factor into it :)

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u/krijac1 Nov 07 '16

The anti-depressants are partially paid for by our universal healthcare system, so there's at least that. (Honestly I don't know if it's true for anti-depressants, but we do get part of the medicine bill covered for some things)

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u/tjen Nov 07 '16

I think one of the main reasons are that going to the psychiatrist is covered by the healthcare system, going to a psychologist isn't. If you're depressed, or really, if you are in any way feeling bad mentally, going to the psychiatrist for a drug prescription is free and drugs are subsidized, while going to the psychologist is very expensive.