Monthly Archives: October 2011

Curing Schizophrenia

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tisFkl5gdtc&feature=share Please watch this.  It begins with Dr. Peter Breggin, psychiatrist, speaking about how he stopped the resurgence of shock treatment in 1972, then it goes on to comments from Richard Gottlieb, an empathic therapist.  The main portion of this 20-minute video … Continue reading →

Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pilot to Tower

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Here are some conversations that airline passengers normally will never hear. The following are accounts of actual exchanges between airline pilots and control towers around the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tower: “Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o’clock, 6 miles!” Delta … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Practicing Preventative Psychiatry

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

If we don’t medicate mental illness, then what do we do?  Not surprisingly, I have a few suggestions, starting with the wisdom of a long-forgotten fellow who said, “The best preventative psychiatry is to have children at the right time … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, Mental Illness & Health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Way Out

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

From the PSYCHOLOGY TODAY blog “Mad in America” by Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America As I wrote in Anatomy of an Epidemic, I think … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Fraud, Health Care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Ten Ammendments, and Other Revisions

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

From John Habkirk The following statements are said to have been written by actual children and, as far as we know, are genuine, authentic and not retouched or corrected (i.e., bad spelling has been left in): In the first book of the Bible, … Continue reading →

Posted in God, Humor, Mental Illness & Health, Spirituality | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Today’s Outrage: Those Who Govern Us

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

  Washington, D.C. area now the richest in the nation By Chris Moody Political Reporter By Chris Moody | The Ticket – 14 hrs ago Analysts at Bloomberg News examined new Census data and found that the area surrounding the … Continue reading →

Posted in Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Erasing Painful Memories

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

This blog is repeatedly being searched for what psychiatric drugs will erase painful memories. There are none. What has happened to you has made you the person you are.  Painful memories cannot be excised from your mind like a tumor … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, drugs, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

In Sigmund Freud’s Opinion

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

  A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual. A civilization which leaves so large a number of its  participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, God, Mental Illness & Health, Values | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

New Mistakes

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

“Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment