englishwh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is brain washing. you all know that, right?

GeneralHassle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

telling all patients they are making up their own experiences is incredibly patronizing and extremely offensive. help the survivors of The Pharmacaust. listen to their pleas for mercy. see through the medical industry propaganda. a nazi on a desert island is still a nazi.

TaoTer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

which psychiatry is he talking about? And what kind of therapy is he talking about? And who are the ones that are totally comfortable with DSM?

alanshvetz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That's like telling somebody not to take HIV retro-viral drugs, because they have bad side effects. Try measuring the side effects versus whatever you're treating. Did you know that some aspirins cause damage to the stomach lining? Did you know that some people are allergic to latex? We should outlaw condoms.

HankMatthews (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Which proves that psychiatrists CAN'T cure mental illness, only "manage" it with some very strong drugs that are proven long-term to cause such major neurological damage as tardive dyskinesia (permanent muscle twitching), akathisia (the feeling like you want to crawl out of your own skin, which leads to self-mutilation, violence and suicide), diabetes, massive weight gain, and heart problems. Some solution. Is this really the best the psychs can do? Guess so.

alanshvetz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The point of most psych meds is not to CURE mental illness, but to TREAT mental illness. Anti-psychotics don't cure schizophrenia, but they stop people from having the symptoms of schizophrenia.

HankMatthews (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The FDA was bought and paid for by the drug companies long ago. That's why the government is finally trying to reform it now. Let's face it, the whole FDA approval process is a scam. The foxes are guarding the henhouse, and the American public is on their own.

HankMatthews (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Anyone who believes that psych meds cure mental illness is obviously being played by the Pharma industry. Wake up before it's too late!

Antwon777 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

by all this propoganda against psychiatry how is the treatement of mental health disorders going to advance- look how far it has come already! we WILL eventually have scientifically proven treatements, but at the moment patients who are very ill are made better by psych. EVERY argument against psychiatry is flawd. i have seen first hand the outstanding benefits of psychiatry. A schizophrenic on a desert island is still a schisophrenic, this moron on a desert island would still be a moron^^^

Metatronicus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

He say, she say, we all say.