Posted by boB on April 8, 2000, at 17:55:15
In reply to BIOLOGY or PSYCHOLOGY ?, posted by Scott L. Schofield on April 8, 2000, at 10:55:54
Research has found statistical correlations between many of the symptoms you describe and biological conditions relating to the brain. The correlations do not prove causation.Psychopharmaceuticals in many cases seem to eliminate the symptoms. Some of the people who take meds are also included in research projects that identify specific changes that result from the meds.
Studies of medically endorsed drug use do not end discussion about causation, nor whether symptoms that might be diagnosed as minor depression, bipolar depression, post traumatic stress, and seasonal effective disorder are reactions to situational causes and could alternately be resolved by changes in situations.
I, for one, have no problem with people choosing the medical/pharmaceutical path. But I consider it to be not only unscientific but also a violation of my human rights when medical licensing and academic direction are corrupted by the profits of drug manufacturers to claim an exclusive right to define the nature of my and my fellow citizens' understanding of our brief lives.
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