Posted by ChicagoKat on September 25, 2012, at 22:27:38
In reply to Re: Future Of Psychiatric Meds NIMH Interview, posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 25, 2012, at 20:37:17
> Its amazing to think that it was only since about 1955 that there was any such thing as psychopharmacology..... prior to Thorazine, there were barbiturate sedatives to knock you out, and amphetamines to give you a kick start, but no antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics.....all they could do was lock you away and give you a heap of Amytal to quieten you down..... then in 10 years, they had Thorazine, Stelazine, Melleril, Valium, Librium, Torfanil, Nardil, Parnate, nortriptyline - 10 years that revolutionised the care of mental illness. We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go.
But it's been about 3 decades since the SSRIs were developed. Sure, Ketamine is a wonder drug, but it's impractical to administer. And because of it, researchers are saying NMDA receptor antagonists are the way to go. But there are already scores of NMDA receptor antagonists and they certainly are not miracle drugs.
The only thing I liked about that article was the mention they made about these diseases being of a developmental nature in children.
When I was hospitalized and in different group sessions, I'm absolutely certain that about 90% of all group members had been abused as children, be it physically, sexually, exmotionally, or simply through neglect, a lack of nurturing. It makes perfect sense that since our brains develop during childhoood, those that suffer trauma develop significant developmental damage which leads to depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, a tendency to PTSD, and substance abuse. I truly believe that researchers should put their efforts into studying aberrant brain development in children that suffer from trauma and a lack of nurturing.
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