Posted by Geezer on September 20, 2002, at 18:43:58
In reply to Re: Has the Surgeon General joined Anti-Psychiatry, posted by Squiggles on September 20, 2002, at 10:30:55
> Sorry,
>
> I'm not sure I pressed the "submit" button
> on my explanation. Basically the idea is that
> "recovery" is not in the books in the pro-med
> camp; on the contrary, drugs are given indefinitely
> and for life because like Kraeplin the theory
> is that mental illness gets worse with time.
>
> The anti-psychiatry movement has been fighting
> this and it's a major bone of contention.
>
> Therefore, when the Surgeon General speak of
> "recovery" ( and i am not sure what he means )
> it is something that perks up one's ears.
>
> SquigglesWell, recovery certainly does not mean "cure" (in sever mood dosorder there is no cure). I am confused on another issue, for years I have considered myself a patient (although rarely treated that way) now I discover I am a "consumer". No wonder a trip to the pdoc feels like the drive-through at McDonalds. If the report has validity we can all get well with the use of willpower. Remember the old taunt from the normal people...."just pull yourself up by your bootstraps". With all due respect, my humble opinion only, this one not only belongs in "psycho-social babble" it is psycho-social babble.
Bottom line (sever mood disorders).....if you can't treat with drugs or ECT you can't treat at all.
Oh by the way.....as a "consumer" I would like to have the legal right to write my own RXs.
Good cheer
poster:Geezer
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