Posted by Lou Pilder on July 4, 2013, at 13:38:24
In reply to Re: Some great articles on psychiatry/drug companies, posted by polarbear206 on July 4, 2013, at 12:50:20
> > > > Here are some names to follow:
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> > > > Robert Whitaker
> > > > Irving Kirsch
> > > > Joseph Glenmullen
> > > > David Healy
> > > > Peter Breggin
> >
> > > Scott, I'm surprised. Are you really promoting these?
> >
> Ok, now I feel better. THANKS.
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> > No. I just didn't want to seem oblivious to the existence of competing viewpoints.
> >
> > Perhaps I made a mistake in posting this stuff.
> >
> > I think these guys are charlatan opportunists who just like to make money off of writing books and seeing their names in print. Even if they believed the premise of their theses, I don't find their manipulation of information to be at all scientific, but, rather, a route to the dissemblance and disinformation necessary to support there arguments. They are good at painting pictures and selling them as photographs. They are extremely selective with the colors they choose to paint with. They reap the benefits of their good fortune that there should be such a paucity of photographs available to compare their work to.
> >
> > The current state of psychiatry is primitive and far from being globally effective at treating illness. The treatments used are not without unwanted and dangerous adverse effects that are sometimes irreversible. The theories proposed for the phenomenology of mental illness are mostly inaccurate. Still, psychiatry saves lives and reduces suffering. It brings people from a state of functionless wasting to one of achievement and reward.
> >
> >
> > - Scott
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> Friends,
If you are considering being a discussant in this thread, I am requesting that you view the following video.
Lou
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