Posted by notfred on October 27, 2006, at 18:44:49
In reply to Anti-psychiatry theory of iatrogenesis, posted by clint878 on October 27, 2006, at 10:53:09
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> It goes like this: someone becomes depressed (but not suicidal), and goes to see a psychiatrist after suffering for a few months. The psychiatrist prescribes an antidepressant. The patient takes the antidepressant, which causes mania.
This would indicate bipolar. Millions receive successful treatment for it. AP's are not first line meds for bipolar, though they are for manic phase (which can be deadly itself).
I think you are generalizing. People with decades of MI tend to have much more complex stories. Have you considered the outcome of not treating bipolar ? It has if not the higest rate of suicide amoung the MI's it not to the higest.
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