Posted by poser938 on July 4, 2013, at 17:15:41
In reply to Re: Some great articles on psychiatry/drug companies » polarbear206, posted by SLS on July 4, 2013, at 11:30:34
What part of David Healy's blogs do you disagree with? Are there any parts you agree with? I didn't fact check every statement, but did you find any factual errors?
Is he more selective with the colors he uses to pain his pictures with than Eli Lilly is when painting their pictures?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/health/17depress.html?_r=0
Is the practice of drug companies withholding about 1/3 of the results of the clinical trials a more scientific approach to prove the benefits of antidepressants? Are the blatant"misunderstandings" that psychiatrists have when a patient describes their suffering a more scientifically relevant than the way David Healy describes this level of understanding that the majority of psychiatrists fail to achieve on a daily basis?
Yes, Psychiatry has saved lives and reduced suffering for many. But it has also brought lives to a state of functionless wasting and made them unable to achieve any rewards in life.
I don't know the motives of a psychiatrist like David Healy. But I do know the side of psychiatry he writes about is at least as relevant as the side of psychiatry that drug companies and your psychiatrist write about and tell their patients about.
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