http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/16/are-antidepressants-the-answer-for-depression/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/16/are-antidepressants-the-answer-for-depression/#comment-13743 Simon Baxter Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13743 I am grateful to have come across this article by Dr. Jureidini (following my reply to Ian Hickie, 21 April) and am relieved to know there are psychiatrists who retain some doubts about the efficacy of pharmacological therapy. Also gladdened by Ian Haywood's comment below reflecting there exists an appetite among some psychiatrists to receive training in psychological methods. Just a quick story (told with Aussie irony) is that I worked on a suicide crisis line for 2 years and guess what the usual plan was that I had to contract with the caller to STOP "don't swallow anymore anti-psychotics, anti-depressants and benzodiazepams" for the afternoon/evening and promise to call back if you feel the need to break your agreement. I was disappointed one morning following a shift to hear Mr. Hickie defend mental health drugs with "do the body count" (i.e., more meds, less deaths) on a current affairs program a year or so ago. Patients/clients NEED people not pills (most of the time). I am grateful to have come across this article by Dr. Jureidini (following my reply to Ian Hickie, 21 April) and am relieved to know there are psychiatrists who retain some doubts about the efficacy of pharmacological therapy. Also gladdened by Ian Haywood’s comment below reflecting there exists an appetite among some psychiatrists to receive training in psychological methods. Just a quick story (told with Aussie irony) is that I worked on a suicide crisis line for 2 years and guess what the usual plan was that I had to contract with the caller to STOP “don’t swallow anymore anti-psychotics, anti-depressants and benzodiazepams” for the afternoon/evening and promise to call back if you feel the need to break your agreement.
I was disappointed one morning following a shift to hear Mr. Hickie defend mental health drugs with “do the body count” (i.e., more meds, less deaths) on a current affairs program a year or so ago. Patients/clients NEED people not pills (most of the time).

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