Posted by bulldog2 on May 9, 2010, at 14:30:25
In reply to Interesting article? What do you think?, posted by Laney on May 9, 2010, at 11:38:40
> http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/08/robert-whitaker-interview.aspx
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> It seems their saying that by taking meds, one is setting themselves up for chronic depressive illness. But once you've done so and if that's the fact, what are you supposed to do? Exercise your way into mental health???
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> Just something to think about I guess.
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> LaneyThe thing we have to remember is anyone can write and article and make assertions. I can write an article. Who is this doctor? What are his credentials and what is his standing in the psychiatric community?
He make assertions about depression in the past. Do we really know that depressed people got better. I have a feeling that many deeply depressed people lingered in depression for a long time and went in and out of depression. You see movies where depressed people net.layed in bed for years. Maybe they went in and out of depression.
I'm so tired of this exercise and eat well bit. Maybe for mildly depressed. How are we going to get severely depressed people to exercise? If they were well enough to exercise they wouldn't be severely depressed.
Just beware of what you read and find on the internet. What are the credentials of the person making a hypothesis.
We do know that AP drugs did help empty out mental institutions. They didn't seem to get better on their own.
Depression seems to be a complicated disease that is hard to treat. Diet and exercise? How do you get this depressed person to do these things?
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