Re: The next time you see a psych drug commercial It's theplacebo effect.

From: Steve n Holly (stevenholly_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:10:00 -0400

I see you got a hot mail account now, eric LOL

<orkeltatte@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "SzaszFan" <enalg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > > On 5/3/04 3:28 PM, in article
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> > > "brad@ihatespam.nz" <brad@ihatespam.nz> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 30 Apr 2004 19:10:15 -0700, in alt.support.depression.medication
> > > > amanda992004@yahoo.com (Amanda) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > :
> > > > :If it's not proven that depression is caused by biochemical
imbalance
> > > > :in the brain, how come those drug do help, at least in my case, and
> > > > :get me the balance back.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's the placebo effect.
> > >
> > > The more accurate term is the "active placebo" effect, but
essentially
> > > that's the charge.
> >
> >
> > Is it also the placebo effect that makes antidepressants work in lab
> > animals, cats, dogs,...?
>
> Personally I find it unethical and problematic when drugcompanies
> turns to the public with commercials on drugs. Should be prohibited in
> law in my opinion.The medically and scientifically uneducated public ,
> has not a reasonable chance of controlling an validating statements
> made by the drugcompanies in their advertisings.
>
> Also unethical and totally false is of course all the bogus statements
> from the antipsychiatric groups about unproven effects of psychiatric
> drugs. But I do not think anyone expects these groups (CCHR ,
> Narconon, "Church" of $cientology and such) to meet any kind of
> ethical standard or to be taken at face value on their "paranoic"
> statements and black PR about psychiatry.
>
> Orkeltatte
> Senior Psychiatrist

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