Benzos daily for life

[BluMac81]

Also, I would suggest reading Peter Kramer to balance out the anti-medication, anti-diagnosis perspectives.

Here is one excerpt by Dr. Kramer:

To give you some credit, BluMac, I do wish more psychiatrists gave out prescriptions for exercise (in addition to the SSRIs, etc.). However, I don't think most therapists, psychiatrists, or most patients are relying on a purely medical model of depression, anxiety, etc.

Thanks for the link It's good to have opposing viewpoints when dealing with such conspiracy theories. Hey maybe I can make a report out of it and hand it in to my PSY102 professor for extra credit! hehe. Anyway gonna read both and form my own opinion. And you're right Dr. Baxter, the conspiracy theories surrounding psychiatry are nameless, nevertheless a contrite scientist must consider all viewpoints objectively, thus I dive into it! Here goes! hehe

 

[Daniel E.]

BTW, there is a podcast of a debate on this issue between Dr. Kramer and Dr. Gordon:

http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200807254
(originally aired on NPR public radio)

I think Dr. Kramer won hands down, though Dr. Kramer and Dr. Gordon don't disagree about everything Dr. Gordon seems to forget that the suicide rate went down -- for the first time in a long time -- after Prozac was released.

 

[amastie]

Conspiracy theories are generally too sweeping in their arguments for me to keep up with them.

In the end, I see a doctor that I trust, then I trust the doctor that I see.