Posted by bleauberry on April 18, 2008, at 19:54:45
In reply to Former renowned psychiatrist: Psychiatry a Hoax, posted by antiserial on April 17, 2008, at 18:09:46
Certainly the right drugs do help multitudes of people live improved or even reborn lives.
I like the view that the doctor is the patient's employee. I have asked here many times, "Who pays who?" Too bad most doctors don't consider that. Good point by the author.
The way the psychiatry world has been molded and limited by pharmaceutical companies, FDA politics, money, and beaurocracy is something I have always complained about. I have seen serious longterm sufferers on heavy duty drugs not help much, only to be totally cured with something as ridiculous as avoiding gluten foods or taking a targeted vitamin/mineral protocol versus a multivitamin. Psychiatrists are indeed unchallenged to explore the whole person and to explore the many causes of depression, things that cause those neuros to need balancing.
But the way the author just downgraded the whole field wasn't too cool. Like I said, regardless of the all the flaws in the system, multitudes of people have been saved.
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