Psychiatry Exposed

[Jenny A]

I agree that my psychologists and worse yet GP's are way too quick to prescribe drugs. But I've yet to see much value in talk therapy. If the problem is chemical, but you go looking for personal problem, you'll find a personal problem. And blaming that can make it worse not better.

Psychologist or psychiatrist? Psychologists typically can't prescribe medication. My wife (a cognitive psychologist herself) has a very negative view of psychiatry because of their emphasis on prescribing dangerous medication.

It really gets under her skin when people mix them up; I suppose a bit of that has rubbed off on me.

Sorry, but a plague on both their houses. I find the search for root causes in the past often worse than the drugs. I've lived a charmed life, but if when depressed I look for a cause I will find it, and then it'll be much, much worse. Not that I've found the cause---only that thinking I have makes it worse.

There's at least some evidence behind some of the drugs. The evidence for talk therapy is nil or worse.

And yes, drugs are over prescribed--way over prescribed.