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Grace wrote:The DSM 5 R should become defunct. Psychiatry is not good fact base science medicine. It's about 150 years behind the times and seems dedicated to getting people dependent on powerful mind altering drugs and expensive therapy from the date of diagnosis to the end of life.
Grace wrote:Here's the reality. There is no cure for mental illness. Why is that? People spend $100,000, and 10 years in therapy without any benefit whatsoever when the money runs out and the time is up. There is no distortion to the reality. Too many people now days know of people who suffer from mental illness without receiving any lasting help. Families and friends are frustrated when the mentally ill slide to rock bottom without a job or assistance, or commit suicide out of desperation. The only people who seem to be happy are the pharmaceuticals and the filthy rich in psychiatry who are enjoying their fancy cars and expensive homes. What a racket.
Mr.Samsa wrote:Grace wrote:Here's the reality. There is no cure for mental illness. Why is that? People spend $100,000, and 10 years in therapy without any benefit whatsoever when the money runs out and the time is up. There is no distortion to the reality. Too many people now days know of people who suffer from mental illness without receiving any lasting help. Families and friends are frustrated when the mentally ill slide to rock bottom without a job or assistance, or commit suicide out of desperation. The only people who seem to be happy are the pharmaceuticals and the filthy rich in psychiatry who are enjoying their fancy cars and expensive homes. What a racket.
A few misconceptions here:
1) "There is no cure for mental illness": Yes there is, there are multiple cures for a number of different conditions (including, but not limited to, phobias, PTSD, and in some cases, OCD, autism, etc). That is, they go through treatment and they come out without the symptoms that got them diagnosed in the first place - so their mental disorder is cured.
Ironclad wrote:There's a cure for autism?
Grace wrote:My daughter had an evaluation from 2 different psychiatrists. One said she had ADD requiring medication, the other one said she didn't have ADD and required no medication. I'm sure glad I got a second opinion and glad I do not put a lot of faith in the field of psychiatry.
Mr.Samsa wrote:Grace wrote:My daughter had an evaluation from 2 different psychiatrists. One said she had ADD requiring medication, the other one said she didn't have ADD and required no medication. I'm sure glad I got a second opinion and glad I do not put a lot of faith in the field of psychiatry.
Indeed. A few years ago my sister hurt her knee - the first doctor told her it was fine, and the second doctor told her that she had dislocated it. That's why I don't trust medicine..
Anecdotal reports don't tell us anything. Some doctors are good, some are bad. Some psychiatrists are good, some are bad. Some psychologists are good, some are bad. As long as the fields are based on scientific evidence, using repeatable observable results, then we can't really argue against them (without looking like creationists).
Grace wrote:My brother and sister were RUINED by psychiatric quackery.
Grace wrote:No child should EVER be placed on multipharma!
Grace wrote:"we do have evidence that quite a few psychological disorders can indeed be treated." You betcha -- LOL!
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