Comments on: Quote of the week. https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2017/04/quote-of-the-week-7/ Bleak Theology: Hopeful Science Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.3 By: Looking Glass https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2017/04/quote-of-the-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-7556 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:13:50 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=13026#comment-7556 In further response to my long comment chain on the previous post about this topic, the monoamine adjusters probably make the situation worse. Medications that help those in truly terrible mental/physical situations, when moved to the “normals”, have some nasty effects. The suicide rate increases starting in the 80s likely has something to do with that. (Though probably more in the under-20 rate than the over-20 rate.)

For those in the high-likelihood categories would probably be better served with direct anxiolytic approach rather than anti-depressant/monoamine control approaches. Also, on a retrospective look, the power of Institutionalization is probably as much about controlling the patient’s diet than any other intervention. (One of those many little details in life that as we get more “efficient”, we find out we’re actually less efficient in totality than being more efficient in specifics.)

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