Hi Nick.
In my experience, I've never encountered any Psychological or
Psychiatric profession who understands what drugs actually do within
nervous systems.
Yet the drugs are administered, in my view, 'casually', and often as
'social crutches' and 'fashion' accessories.
I did a hunger strike back in 1985.
I was 'committed'.
No Psyciatric professional would even read the [glowing] references
I'd brought with me [with foresight with respect to such
contingency].
I was treated like an 'animal' - threatened with forced medication,
being put in restraints, and permanent commettment, when all I was
doing was lying on my back, on my bed, because I was continuing my
hunger strike in the 'hospital'.
I saw all the other patients walking around like 'sombies' because
they'd been indiscrimantly-drugged.
The 'psychiatrist' assigned to me didn't even know
extremely-fundamental stuff about the Neuroanatomy [I quizzed him :-]
It wasn't until my requests to be allowed to talk to somebody who
understood Neuroscience that the Staff Neurologist did come. After
spending some time with me, he straightened things out.
Before I released, the ward I was on was completely redecorated.
I went to the Commissioner of Mental Health, seeking an Apology for
my wrongful Incarceration. It's 17 years later. I'm still waiting for
Professional Action to be taken.
So, I assert to you, if you haven't seen it, you haven't looked, or
you've a vested interest in 'covering it up'.
It needs to be Fixed, Big-Time.
There's nothing wrong with admitting it needs to be Fixed.
The only Untennable thing is to declare it all 'hunky-dory', which
only perpetuates everything that's Wrong in-there.
K. P. Collins
Nick Medford wrote in message ...
>In article <3d62f359.92179446 at news.erols.com>, Ian Goddard
><igoddard at erols.mom> writes
>> Modern
>> psychiatry views such conditions as arising from organic brain
>> disorders independent of environmental psycho-social insults.
>>Just out of interest, have you ever actually met a psychiatrist who
>espouses this view?
>>I ask because I often read that modern biological psychiatry takes
the
>view summarised above, but have yet to meet *any* psychiatrist who
>actually does take this view, despite working in a
biologically-oriented
>psychiatric research institute.
>>There is no reason at all to suppose that environmental and
biological
>explanations of mental illness are mutually exclusive. Indeed, it
would
>be bizarre to claim that they are. Equally there is no reason to
suppose
>that psychological and pharmacological modes of treatment are based
on
>mutually exclusive models. From what you say, you already realise
this,
>but I'm slightly baffled as to why you and many others appear to
think
>that nobody in psychiatry realises it.
>--
>Nick Medford
