Posted by SLS on April 19, 2008, at 7:20:02
In reply to Re: OOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo » Betula, posted by Betula on April 19, 2008, at 6:26:49
> And oh, I meant to say, why is it so that people can not accept the conclusion of the paper?
Kirsch is well known for his history of hystrionic papers condemning all of psychiatric medicine as a conspiracy of capitalists.
I have read several of his papers. In response, there have been papers who have focused on Kirsch's lack of recognition of treatment efficacy of drugs for what I consider to be his emotional attachment to his own ideas. He takes papers that conclude that drugs works and takes snippets from them and uses them out of context.
That's just a start.
If you want more of an arsenal for your hatred of drugs, you might want to look at the work of Peter Breggin. I've read his stuff, too. Again, I find an emotional attachment to his need to decry modern psychiatry.
Why are you so angry? You don't think modern medicine is actively pursuing better treatments for psychiatric disorders? Even if it is a matter of profit, it escapes most people that it is easier to make money off of a good drug than a bad one. To develop a novel drug that works better is goal of both R&D and sales.
Why are you angry at the use of the best treatments science has yet come up with to date? Imperfect drugs are better than none at all.
By the way, drugs work.
If you feel such an urgent need to leave this forum, perhaps it would reduce your psychosocial stress to do so. This would greatly reduce the pressure you put on your brain. Just a thought.
There has got to be a more effective way to get your points across other than to get blocked from posting on purpose for calling people names. As a community, we welcome new ideas.
Personally, I have never been wrong. One time, I thought I was wrong, but it turns out that I was mistaken.
- Scott
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