Re: What's Love Got to Do With It? NOTHING!!!

"Matty" <kaiwainz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Anne Reynolds wrote:
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> > "Matty" <kaiwainz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>SNIP>
> > Anyway, I found the article I was looking for, I'm sorry it's so long,
but
> > it is really very good:-
> >
> > Mind Games: Psychological Warfare Between Therapists and Scientists
> > http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i25/25b00701.htm
> <snip>
>
> The really scary part, this was actually just on Law and Order a few
weeks
ago.
>
> I've always said there is a lot of quackery in psychology etc. etc. Too
bad  > there aren't enough people to challenge it. One thing that I do get
annoyed  > about is this "pill for every problem" mentality. Sorry,
cramming
someone  > chocablock full of every anti-depresent will not solve the
problem. Getting at  > the source/root of the problem and actually
addressing it is the way to solve it.
>
I could not agree more with you. One of the bigest problems we have is
that
if someone comes into hospital, or is forcibly brought into hospital, the
first reaction of the RMO, especially if someone is making a fuss, is to
hold them down and give them an injection of Haraperidol.

Now whilst I agree that in some cases, this may be necessary to calm the
person, and get them to sleep. (Sometimes patients in crisis haven't slept
for days and days) It is definitely not the long term solution.

We spend more time, trying to get people off medication, that in some
cases
people have actually become addicted to, and if real therapy had been used
or been available, in the first place, patients would have been much more
rapidly able to deal with their problems.

> Its like having a rotting wall and simply painting over it rather than
ripping  > out the wall and replacing it.>

Yes that's a good analogy, I could use that if I may?

Anne