I've not seen it yet but there was a Louis Theroux programme on this subject recently which highlighted the massive usage of medication in the USA for cases like this.
> -----Mensaje original----- > De: [email protected] [mailto:leedslist- > [email protected]] En nombre de Dr Michael Benjamin > Enviado el: martes, 18 de mayo de 2010 18:47 > Para: humphries mark > CC: [email protected] > Asunto: Re: [LU] Psycopath at work > > Bi Polar as a diagnosis is very problematic. It probably does exist > & probably over diagnosed. Of all the illnesses it is maybe the only one > with a reasonable track record. vis a vis management. > But all claims I take with a pinch of salt. > All research is riddled with financial bias that only just now > is being accepted as a major problem. > I am not sceptic about disease entity as such I am about the shifting > criteria, just look at DSM 1V & V to see how decisions are made. > The bottom line is that we have no definitive markers as in lab tests or > imaging. > Add to that poor medication and rampant commercialism and you see a > profession that is devalued if not discredited. > This is very sad but unfortunately very true. > > Again what the hell this has to do with Leeds United is beyond me!! > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
