Posted by alexandra_k on July 21, 2005, at 16:22:54
In reply to TOM CRUISE is on ACE's HIT LIST!!!!!, posted by ace on July 19, 2005, at 23:03:59
> Many many many people have been saved from psych drugs...statistics show unequivocally it is EXTREMELY unlikely for someone to suicide while being on a AD.
Well... The stats that the drug companies saw fit to give to the FDA... There actually was some concern about their hushing up the increase in suicide rates for teenagers / young adults taking... effexor??? I'm not sure which one it was in particular. There was some talk about requiring suicide warnings to be placed on the medication, even!
The trouble is... That there are grains of truth... And so thats what makes it hard to sort out where they have a valid point and what the implications of the point are, and where they just have it wrong.
The efficacy of psychiatry. Take someone with catatonic schizophrenia standing in a rigid posture for hours on end. After being treated with an anti-psychotic, hey presto.
The inefficacy of psychiatry. Take someone with BPD / PTSD / depression etc etc. Give them meds. Little / no improvement.
Some disorders are more / less responsive to meds.
Some individuals with that disorder are more / less responsive to meds.For every case that is responsive (and thus a counter-example) for Tom
Tom can cite a case that is non-responsive (and thus a counter-example) for the efficacy of psychiatry.And as usual... The truth lies somewhere in the middle.
The history of psychiatry is a fairly disturbing read.
But as it the history of most things...
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