Posted by Christ_empowered on September 17, 2010, at 11:35:42
In reply to Have our brains been permanently damaged?, posted by Huxley on September 16, 2010, at 18:34:23
I hate to say it, but yeah, I'm pretty sure my brain is fried, and I imagine the same is true of many other people who've experienced the joys of psychiatric treatment.
The guy who wrote "Mad in America" has been writing about this lately...about how Rx drug use rates are up, but so are rates of people going on disability for mental problems. His point seems to be that, in some cases, drugs may just be prolonging misery and making madness worse instead of helping people make a better life for themselves.
I just don't know. There are so many factors, you know? B/c brain damage isn't always the worst thing that could happen to you. Some people went on to good jobs and satisfying lives after lobotomies, insulin comas, and lots of ECT (OK, not a *whole* lot of people, but still...it happened).
I think it'd be nice to see a sociological critique of the new psychiatry. Unfortunately, the new psychiatry is so well funded and pampered by society in general, and the media in particular, that any worthwhile analysis would be considered too "radical" or something.
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