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

orkeltatte_at_hotmail.com
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 20:18:41 -0700

"Steve n Holly" <stevenholly@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<0sOdnexTJ841y6zcRVn-gQ@comcast.com>...
Do I know you?
And whos Eric?
I believe you mistake me for somone else.

orkeltatte

> I see you got a hot mail account now, eric LOL
>
>
> <orkeltatte@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Catullus" <no_one@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:<412fc3eb$0$19724$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
> > > "SzaszFan" <enalg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:BD542CC8.142C3%enalg@yahoo.com...
> > > > On 5/3/04 3:28 PM, in article
> 0a7d90l5qs8igimvtnrq4uaejpm83b75is@4ax.com,
> > > > "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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