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Re: 20/20 Tonight- Synopsis

Posted by Adam on June 22, 2000, at 11:27:10

In reply to Re: 20/20 Tonight- Synopsis, posted by kazoo on June 22, 2000, at 9:04:49

I saw the show also (don't watch TV normally, but got the tip from here!). What can I say? A lot of circumstantial evidence, but no proof. The skeptic will take the stories for what they are: potential rare occurrances without any science to give real cost-benefit estimates. The undiscerning or overly impressionistic will be terrified of psychiatry. Same old same-old, really. I can't see how anyone could have gotten any useful information from the story one way or the other. The only benefactors will be those who profit from ratings, and, as LD pointed out, attourneys who no longer require proof to win cases or settlements (along with hefty sums of cash), but rather enough emotional ammunition to influence the typical "jury of our peers". The sad fact is, most of our peers are so ignorant and intolerant of the subject that they are not qualified to be a part of the judgement process. The same is true of many in the media (omitting those who do know better, but sacrifice ethics for Nielson Ratings).

If we need any evidence of this, look at the enormously dispropotionate number of minorities on death row, or serving manditory life sentances for drug offenses, and the sensationalized and skewed portrayal of these individuals in the media.

This may sound like a screed, but I am rather phlegmatic about the whole subject at this point. There is, as they say, plenty of empirical data to support my impressions. There is also plenty of empirical data about antidepressants, and much more could be gotten with increased impartial and peer-reviewed research. Engage and fund those who are providing us with this real service, not the McInfo pushers in the American courts and media. They serve only themselves.


> > Any other thoughts?
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> What's the plural of "synopsis"?
>
> For a transcript: http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/000621_prozac_chat.html
>
> All this means is that defense lawyers now have an additional two doctors on their
> side: Dr. Joseph Glenmullen and Dr. Healy (English chap).
>
> Let's face it: lawyers ruined this country.
>
> The best book I've read so far about this controversy is entitled:
> "The Power to Harm," by John Cornwell.
>
> kazoo


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