Posted by Quintal on March 8, 2007, at 11:14:10
In reply to Re: Trends in mental health care, posted by Squiggles on March 8, 2007, at 10:10:59
You can mention it again Squiggles as far as I'm concerned - it's an interesting topic, but I was trying to nip a potential sh*t-slinging contest in the bud. You haven't upset me, but apology accepted.
I agree, if the alternative treatments don't work we might have a population in trouble. In the defence of alternative medicine I'd say the conventional medicines don't work as well as claimed for many people, so we already have a population in trouble. As you seem to imply, alternative remedies don't seem to be as effective for major psychosis and seriously ill populations, but those are a minority and for many people with minor emotional problems they can give relief. I think they should be considered an option for the treatment of minor/moderate illness, and also for the maintenance treatment of major illness in remission where the side effects of conventional medicines are intolerable.
Q
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