Posted by med_empowered on April 5, 2006, at 15:45:02
In reply to Anti-psychiatry has surpassed Goebbels, posted by Squiggles on April 5, 2006, at 15:28:50
It depends on what you mean by "anti-psychiatry"...some of these people fight for patient's rights, and that's great; I disagree with involuntary medication and stuff like that. BUT then there are people who demonize all meds. I don't think docs should throw pills at people, and I don't think everyone who has mental illness necessarily needs meds, but I do think pills help some people sometimes.
The anti-benzo thing is ridiculous. I mean "benzos are unsafe...take an antipsychotic". Please. That's ridiculous. Part of it I think is $$$--now that there are expensive options to the benzos, I think there's a financial incentive to demonize these (cheap) treatments in favor of newer, more expensive options. Plus, I think psychiatrists themselves sometimes feed this anti-benzo, anti-drugs thing...some docs I've met are crazy anti-benzo...you could be shuddering, shaking with fear in your house, too afraid to leave, and they'd be like "well, here's some zoloft. Give it a month..hope it helps. Bye now!". Please. That's a total disservice to patients.
Good luck.
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