Posted by med_empowered on April 5, 2007, at 5:31:59
In reply to Re: This pisses me off., posted by linkadge on April 4, 2007, at 21:52:00
look, since the 70s, Big Pharma and shrinks have had a "partnership" that has effectively screwed over patients. The biopsychosocial model has given way to the bio-bio-bio model...even though alot of this "chemical imbalances" stuff isn't even supported by research.
I think psychiatry is unique b/c its the one field of medicine where treatment failure can be blamed on the patient. Still depressed? Maybe its...bipolar, personality disorder, non-compliance...so on and so forth. Imagine if you were told that your (flu, pneumonia, cancer, whatever) was still around b/c "You weren't trying hard enough," or "you weren't ready to change."
Shrinks can blame patients and keep on prescribing $$$ drugs, so they win, Big Pharma wins...too bad the patients lose.
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