CHILD MISTREATMENT CERTAINLY A FACTOR IN MENTAL ILLNESS, MEDS DO HELP, THE SUNSHINE ACT
I’m currently reading Toxic Psychiatry by Dr. Peter Breggin. Say what you want to say about him but one thing I can agree with him on is child mistreatment does play a major factor in why some develop mental illnesses. My humble opinion is there are genetic factors involved in mental illness as I’ve seen psychotropics help people diagnosed with various affective disorders. I think the key here is does the field of psychiatry really know what’s going on? How a psychiatrist can only see a patient in the form of someone they throw meds at with little to no psychotherapy training is not very smart. Same goes with therapists and psychologists not factoring in psychotropics. Also, Dr. Breggin, I hope you take a holistic approach with patients and not just focus on talk therapy and why psychotropics are toxic.
On a totally separate note, in reading more of Dr. Breggin’s works, the thought crossed my mind that he must be very happy with the recent passage of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act which is a U.S. federal law stipulating that healthcare manufactures must aggregate and monitor total amount spent on individual healthcare professionals and organizations through payments, gifts, travel and other means to provide consumers with a transparent view into physician and industry interactions..
