Posted by Ron Hill on July 30, 2002, at 11:33:45
In reply to Re: Question for Cam, posted by CamW. on July 29, 2002, at 21:23:49
Cam,
I have had the same concerns as you regarding some of Shawn's posts. Clearly, Shawn is bright and reads a lot of material. But he/she is young and does not have the educational and professional background to be making on-line diagnosis and overly generalized blanket statements.
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Shawn,
I mean you no disrespect nor do I want to hurt your feelings. I think your motives are well intentioned and that you truly want to help people. I have enjoyed reading some of the linked information you have posted. However, may I suggest that everything is not always black and white and, therefore, it is best to temper our writings to allow for the fact that a one size fits all approach is not really applicable in the area of psychotropic medication? Coming across as a young person with limited formal education in the field who thinks they know more than the leading experts (e.g. Dr.Seeman) is unbecoming.
Cam has been around the block more than a few times. There is truth to his/her concerns.
Please do not misunderstand me. I do not want to throw cold water on your eager desire for knowledge. Your energy and enthusiasm for learning is excellent. But if I could give you just one suggestion it would be for you to be on guard against reading a bunch of documents and immediately drawing an overly broad application of the concepts in said documents. Have you every done some research, drawn some conclusions, and a few days later read additional and/or conflicting research that causes you to totally rethink your original position?
I am with you, not against you.
-- Ron
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> Dr.Seeman has a misunderstanding of the processes involved in schizophrenia?
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> Being able to cut and paste information off of a website (often out of context) or posting a URL replaces more than 50 years of study of a disorder?
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> Personal subjective experience is closer to the truth than objective, reproduceable experiments?
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> One person's personal experience is generalizable to humanity as a whole?
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> Knowledge is not wisdom; especially when the information is gleaned from misunderstood and misinformed knowledge. Please learn the material before trying to educate, otherwise one can truly harm others.
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> If anyone would like to hear a serious rebutal to Shawn's or Lost Boy's dangerous misinformation, I will gladly attempt it; but I will not do it for the sake of those whose minds are closed. It would just be a waste of my time. - Cam
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