Posted by floatingbridge on July 12, 2011, at 16:03:53
In reply to Re: Peter Breggin - mixed feelings, posted by sigismund on July 12, 2011, at 14:14:54
I guess what I took from his opinion piece was he was waiting for evidence, and for now, he was accepting what he
saw as possible benefits and pitfalls. In a way he tried to extricate the AD discussion from the obvious psychological or psychiatric applications when he talked about the study of the possible benefits of an AD (I forget if a particular one was mentioned) on stroke
recovery.I didn't really read him as pro-antidepressant, (which could be my
misreading). Maybe like a practioner
trying to cope with their advent--more
open-minded and accepting of them. While they may not *cure* mental illness, (and maybe the reactivity the
debate can engender suggests a massive disappointment of this to-date failure), they are part of the working answer, whether one opts to take or prescribe them.
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