Posted by 64bowtie on October 17, 2005, at 18:56:58
In reply to Re: Treatment or control? » med_empowered, posted by Racer on October 16, 2005, at 13:58:06
Please allow me to address my response to Racer to include responding to you... I am humbled by what style and clarity your response contained... I will need some time to do this response justice...
I personally haven't had drugs or medications in my history... I have been party to their prescription and use, mostly in a clinical learning setting... In my efforts at suicide prevention (2 years), I found myself frustrated and disgusted by client use and abuse of legal and illegal substances... Toooo many succeeded at ending their lives unchallenged by the very entity that society trusts to bring mankind toward health; healthy feelings, healthy motives, and healthy behaviors; the mental health industry...
I ask the rhetorical question: What did mankind do to find mental health before the likes of Freud??? Shaman, Philosophers and Ministers appear in literature to be the counselors of the ages, for at least 3,000 years in text... We seem to have lost our way for the last 150 to 2000 years... Most folks can't seem to even define mental health with any certainty... Sad, very sad!!!
Rod
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