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Listening to the radio program this morning called "The Infinite Mind" where they say:
"We hear from health experts who tell us that incredibly, people with serious mental illnesses are dying 25 years earlier than the rest of the population."
I felt that the "experts" discussing the subject discussed everything around the edges (including the other people that should take responsibility, such as "the federal government" -- which is not a person) but did not consider the possibility that the treatments themselves (especially that medications are so widely used) are so unsatisfactory at dealing with the issues that confront the treated population, they so fail to meet the needs of the sufferers, that the quality of life of these people (us) is so bad that we are not encouraged to feel that we deserve any better and to see that we take care of ourselves and demand actual listening to our issues. I do not mean that the use of medications is problematic because of "side effects", but that their use itself, instead of paying attention to our issues, is problematic.
Of course, those who practice other than medication therapies can not listen, too.
I went to the Web site of the program but did not see any way to give them feedback directly, so I am dumping that here.
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Now if thou would'st
When all have given him o'er
From death to life
Thou might'st him yet recover
-- Michael Drayton 1562 - 1631
Last edited by pachyderm; Oct 05, 2008 at 06:34 AM.
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