Oh boy, spiritual emergency we are on the same page, thank you. My intention by my last post was to present the fact that, first, as you say, a CHILDHOOD BACKGROUND MUST BE CONSIDERED WITHIN EACH PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUE.

As far as the parmaceutical application to the various psychological issues, oh I can't agree with you more and I have stated this emphatically in another thread. I am deeply concerned about it and that it does really need more policing however I am not sure who would do that, would have to be a seperate group that has no political agenda, I know there is the FDA but as stated in another thread posted by the Byz, this is bypassed by the fact that these companies make so much money they can buy their way out. And they also fuel politicians by presenting various funding for some silence.

Oh I agree that there is still a great amount of misconception and misunderstanding by not only the field of psychiatry and psychology of the human psychie but the patients and society as well.

I am personally opposed to handing a patient a diagnosis with an understanding that it is not a curable condition. I do recognize that there are medications that have helped people function on a much better level. But I have trouble with the idea that there is a magic pill that will be a solution to the ailments of a troubled childhood or conditions in which patients have been exposed to certain tramas or neglect.

And I do agree that when a person is labeled it can attach a very narrow minded view of that person and as I had mentioned each person is unique in their own degree of how certain illnesses are effecting their ability to function. Not all patients are a danger or will exhibit dangerous behaviors towards others.

As I have mentioned, we are only just beginning to recognize various conditions and we are long way from answering the WHY and the best treatment for these conditions. I would have to say that if it were a book, perhaps we are only in the introduction part of the book and have many pages to consider yet.

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