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Re: Thanks so much for all of your input......more

Posted by Renee N on March 8, 2000, at 23:19:15

In reply to Thanks so much for all of your input......more, posted by deb on March 3, 2000, at 18:31:30

Welcome, Deb!
It's only fair to warn you that even more than amphetamines, this place is addicting. I too believe that to "read, read, read..." is the way to go when faced with something I don't know much about. You wouldn't believe the amount of information I read while pregnant. I had never been around babies much. {:0
I have never been offered talk therapy. My psychiatrist works in an office full of therapists, so I don't understand. I majored in psychology in college. At the time I was studying, there was a definite bias for behavioral treatments of problems, rather than psychoanalytical or pharmaceutical. I bought into this way of thinking wholeheartedly. I thought psychiatrists were terrible for using drugs as the answer to every mental health problem. I was young, naive, and gullible. I hope that with age comes wisdom, or at least a healthy dose of skepticism! Now that I have asked for help with my attention and memory problems, the ONLY help I'm offered by professionals is pharmaceutical. I feel cheated. I believe HMOs do not understand that their costs for drugs and hospitalizations might be reduced if they offered more comprehensive outpatient treatment options for mental health. Not only are they cheating us, but themselves, also... Renee N

P.S. I agree with your assessment of the brain power and knowledge base here! I am almost embarrassed to "admit" that I have a B.A. in psych, because I don't know or remember(How do those Jeopardy players recall facts they heard once in highschool?)nearly the amount of useful psychobiological information as half the Babblers here who may or may not have taken one psych class in their lives. But, please, don't let it intimidate you. They have just as much heart as brains...


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