Posted by SLS on August 4, 2008, at 5:24:19
Some people here don't want to believe that medication can adequately treat mental illness and argue vehemently their position. Yet, professional neuroscientists state otherwise and produce conclusive results of investigations supporting the utility of psychotropics. Why is this?
Anger?
It seems to me that having such an attitude is counterproductive to successful treatment. It can cause people to fail to commit themselves to trials of different medications. One consequence might be that such an unbelieving person tends to abort drug trials prematurely, and never get the answer they are looking for - remission. Holding on to melancholic and negative thoughts can only work against treatment and prevent the changes in the brain from taking place to produce a therapeutic response. There is power in positive thinking.
- Scott
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