Posted by Larry Hoover on January 21, 2009, at 18:44:29
In reply to Re: Risk of sudden death?, posted by Trans-Human on January 21, 2009, at 12:55:02
I've abstracted a few of your comments from earlier posts.
> What I have been posting is my experience with medication; but it seems that anything that differs from a predominantly pro orthodox psychiatric, & pro med viewpoint is treated with disgust & disdain by the majority on this board.
I have to wonder if we've been reading posts on the same website. I haven't joined in any discussions with you in the past, perhaps because our interests are not congruent, but if anything the unorthodox gets a full hearing here.
As this is a medication board, it does seem reasonable to have a biological perspective dominant. There are other boards for other, errr less orthodox subject matter.
> But this Biological basis; however much people want to believe in it - is NOT categorically proved, nor established; whatever way you dress it up or try to present it. It is wrong to speak about the biological basis to "illness" such as Schizophrenia" especially, & other conditions; in terms which are solely reliant on the scientific reductionist viewpoint & as having a cause as a sole & purely biological basis. All evidence would suggest that the truth to these conditions is contrary to the generally accepted orthodox view.
The biological model is simply that. A model. All major medication discoveries with respect to mental illness have been serendipitous. Patients treated with a drug for active tuberculosis find that their mood improves. An allergy medication does similar. And so on. The truth, first and foremost, is that they improved the mood of users. Attempts to explain just what the drug might have affected to lead to the salutatory mood change are the underpinnings of the biological model. It's used as an hypothesis generator.
> I have considered not posting on this site any more. It appears to be predominantly fixated with promoting & extolling the bio-chemical model as god; at the exclusion of any intelligent discussion about any other factors, research & valid perceptions in the field of mental health.
I hope you don't go. You're well spoken, and passionate. I can only reiterate that you're most likely to encounter biological/medication discussion on this particular board. There are other topical discussions elsewhere on this site.
Lar
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