Posted by Larry Hoover on May 16, 2006, at 16:26:30
In reply to Re: Statistical question on SSRIs - ADDENDUM » Larry Hoover, posted by Squiggles on May 16, 2006, at 16:08:37
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> > We got rid of asylums. They used to be state of the art. Icepick lobotomies. Insulin shock. What people need is care.
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> It looks like we're going around and around and around.
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> Look what i found from two years ago: From LAXAT.com http://www.laxat.com/Effexor-can-enlarged-lymph-nodes-be-side-effect-1502549.html
> You can follow the thread here at the above url.
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> [Example of discussion:]At least I am consistent. I could have written that today.
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> You say that what mentally ill people really
> need is *care*. What do you mean by care?What if we were so wealthy, as a culture, that each person had a physician whose sole purpose was to restore one single person to health? That is an enhancement in care.
Care is contextual. Care is more easily defined by its absence, as by giving a depressed person a powerful drug, giving them no instructions vis a vis suicidal concerns, and telling them to return for another 10 minute session in 3 months time, during which 8 minutes is wasted in trying to remind the doctor who the hell you are.
> Certainly we cannot get rid of drugs. You state above that:
I have never suggested that we should.
> "Much of the negative propaganda being circulated today arises from a
> mistaken assessment of the actual risk and benefit of medical intervention."
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> What kind of medical intervention are you
> referring to?Any medical intervention. Any one.
> What would we have left if
> we got the risk/benefit assessment right?
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> SquigglesOptimal care.
Lar
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