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

"Light Templar" <I@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In news:2go7v9F4vchuU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Matty <kaiwainz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> gave us all a good laugh with the
following...
>
> > Anne Reynolds wrote:
> >
> >> "Matty" <kaiwainz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> news:2gmispF4gl7aU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
SNIP>>>
> >> 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.
> >
> > Its like having a rotting wall and simply painting over
> > it rather than ripping out the wall and replacing it.
> >
> > Matty
>
> The problem is that some depression has an organic cause, and some >
depression has a mental cause.

Yes this is very true!

Oftne doctors don't take the time to try to > distinquish between the two
because it is hard to tell.

Or very often they don't have the time, which is why as the "poor
relation"
in the medical hierarchy we need more money.

It could be one, or > the other, or both.  So they shove pills at them, if
it helps, fine, if not > then most of the anti-depressants are harmless
enough where at least you've
> caused no harm.

We are finding out that they are not really harmless enough, most are
addictive, in fact benzodiazapines, Ativan etc, are more difficult to
withdraw from than Heroin addiction.

That is unless they try to give you a really heavy
> psychotropic, like an uptake inhibitor, those things can have nasty side
>
effects.>

A clinical Psychologist in Bangor in Wales decided she would try a little
experiment, so she took a 25ml injection of Dipixol, just to see what the
effects were. Now bear in mind, that someone being treated for
schizophrenia
will be on regular and consistent dosage of this drug. She found that just
from the one dose, she was still getting side effects 3 months later.

Anne