March Madness: “You’re Crazy”
Our month-long look at madness marches on, looking now at what many feel is the biggest cause of insanity — the psychiatric profession. Granted, here’s the problem — people who are truly insane do not realize that they are insane and are a danger not only to themselves, but to others. Many claim that the psychiatric profession only strives to make people addicted to prescription drugs. However, one of the ways you know antidepressants or mood stabilizers are working as when you feel as if you don’t need to take them anymore. But many claim that “mad” people are merely differrent and should be left alone.
But I don’t buy that the psychiatric profession is merely one big conspiracy. Are there scammers out there? Of course there are. But you can find scammers in any profession. First off, I’ve been helped by Prozac and by therapy. Five years ago, I was homeless in the woods in England eating out of skips (dumpsters) and now I’m sole proprietor of my freelance writing business.
The psychiatric profession does often encourage mental health professionals to get therapy themselves as a sort of pressure valve from dealing with really tense, emotional situations. One of the problems good psychiatrists can go through is wondering whether they were able to truly help their patients. This is seen in Peter Schaeffer’s magnificent play, Equus.
But there will always be doubters. There has been such strides in the medical health profession that there has been an inevitable backlash. Anything made mainstream had better get used to being criticized. And the cost of care is another reason people who may need help will not go.
This is a little song and video I found on the subject by David Arv Bragi. Enjoy.
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