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To: MarvinStinson
The same "evaluation" techniques as kids on Ritalin.

Follow the money.

2 posted on 02/13/2017 10:17:40 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Frankly, this is the first notable occurrence I’ve had of someone actually calling a drug “psychiatric.” I’ve heard the difference between psychoactive and psychotropic and I have also read and heard about narcotics like opiates and the like.

The article does not do much distinction between classes of “psycho-blah” and “narco-blah....” So I really don’t know what to make of it except there is some kind of purpose to it only a NYT ghoul could mutate.

In addition to the education of your doctor (assuming you chose one from a school that didn’t end each day with Margaritas) coupled with multiple resources to gauge drug interactions and contraindications should provide some measure of comfort - more comfort that what a New York Times reporter provides.


7 posted on 02/13/2017 10:24:57 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Sacajaweau
I was thinking about putting up a vanity post of a piece of medical junk mail I received last Friday. It is from the Neuroscience Education Institute about their big spring wing-ding in Washington, DC on May 5-7th. The outside of the flier breathlessly exclaims:

in Primary care 60% of Patients Have a Diagnosable Mental Disorder. Presumably this symposium is about how to peddle as many dubious psych meds as possible to these over-cashed rubes.

If 60% of everybody is mentally ill, then I would suggest that the definition of mental illness itself is the real disease and not the normal ups and downs of everyday life.

But where is the fun (and profit) in that?

9 posted on 02/13/2017 10:29:15 AM PST by lafroste (Look at my profile page. Thanks.)
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