Psychiatrists are discussing spiralling prescription costs and the role of pharma as a strategy for dealing with mental health. It discusses psychiatry as an arena where it is possible to have an expanding definition of sickness or abnormality (like the changes to guidelines defining hypertension).
The coercive function of psychiatry has been strengthened by promoting the idea that psychiatric disorders are akin to medical conditions and that they are amenable to technical solutions in the form of drugs. In addition, alternative treatment approaches are neglected and it is likely that drugs are currently used for overly long periods and in excessive doses. The adverse effects of drugs are neglected.
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February 16, 2006 - 11:58Psychiatrists are discussing spiralling prescription costs and the role of pharma as a strategy for dealing with mental health. It discusses psychiatry as an arena where it is possible to have an expanding definition of sickness or abnormality (like the changes to guidelines defining hypertension).
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