> Sorry to rattle your cultified chains again, Linda, but here's a book
> I'm sure you won't want to read. but offered in the interest of the
> public dialogue nevertheless.
>
> The Myth of Depression as Disease: Limitations and Alternatives to Drug
> Treatment (Contemporary Psychology) (Hardcover)
> by Allan M. Leventhal, Christopher R. Martell
>
> Amazon reviews:
>
> Any college-level health collection, especially those strong in mental
> health concerns, must have THE MYTH OF DEPRESSION AS DISEASE:
> LIMITATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO DRUG TREATMENT: it goes where few books
> so clearly have gone before, arguing that there's little actual
> scientific evidence for treating depression as a biological disorder to
> be treated with drugs. Indeed, the authors say, there is very little
> known about the role of biology in depression; but marketing by
> pharmaceutical companies has perpetuated the myth of chemical imbalance
> and treatments to benefit their bottom lines. Therapy is under-explored ...

>
> Anyways, thanks for sticking up for people who get suckered into
> groups like this. I'm really glad my Dad didn't but I learned a few
> things. LOL!

>
> This is an excellent recommendation, actually,
> with the percentage of the population on anti-
> depressants rising sharply -- mainly due, I think
> to television advertising. Have you seen the ones
> that ask "Do you feel sad two or more days a
> week?" Their answer, of course is, their brand
> of poison.
>
> People think that sadness, even depression, is
> something that can and SHOULD be cured by
> a pill when, in truth, our "sad" or "depressed"
> emotions serve an essential purpose as indi-
> cators of needed change -- and not just a
> change in medication.
>
> n.

> Hi Katie,
>
> Maybe you remember me? My Dad posted here and got taken for a ride.
> I'm new to using Google Groups and I'm a little slow, what is a
> sockpuppet? LOL!
>
> It took some time but I see the points your making. I just wanted to
> say thanks for what your doing. You really nailed it that these
> people think they are entiled to special treatment. Gene says that my
> Dad wasn't nice so he didn't get treated nicely. I'm proud that my
> Dad is smart enough to be cautious when he realizes that he's
> surrounded by thugs. Gene has a few things to learn about how things
> work I guess.
>
> This new age stuff bugs me but Dad got into it since my Mother died a
> few years ago. I thought it might be good for him but I see your point
> about how it can be destructive too. He's trying to fix the wrong
> problems with the wrong solutions too. I'm going to talk to him about
> this drug therapy and the brain chemicals you wrote about. You have ...

> Gene says that my
> Dad wasn't nice so he didn't get treated nicely.

> This new age stuff bugs me but Dad got into it since my Mother died a
> few years ago.

> Anyways, thanks for sticking up for people who get suckered into
> groups like this. I'm really glad my Dad didn't but I learned a few
> things. LOL!

> Sorry to rattle your cultified chains again, Linda, but here's a book
> I'm sure you won't want to read. but offered in the interest of the
> public dialogue nevertheless.

> Sorry to rattle your cultified chains again, Linda, but here's a book
> I'm sure you won't want...

> sv: this could only be written by someone who has never witnessed the effect
> that some of these drugs truly have and how they can incredibly change the
> quality of one's life. I used to discount it all too, until over the years
> I've witnessed their incredible effect on people who truly need them. sheryl