Comments on: Things that have given psychiatry a bad name #2 Insulin Coma Therapy

By: Milo

Milo — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:23:16 +0000

I am a paranoid schizophrenic and having been suffering from this illness for more than half of my life, i think that i have managed to figure out a thing or two about this entire issue as a whole… yes psychiatry does have a bad name when it comes to its history but at the same time, i really think that it is one of the most scrutinized jobs on this planet! Having been to see soooo many of them over the years (yeah, seriously!), I think majority of them are really fine people, really trying to make a difference. I especially liked the ones who did not just focus on drug therapy and had more of a holistic approach towards treating mental illness. I thought they were the coolest!

By: NorthernIrelandExile

NorthernIrelandExile — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:38:12 +0000

and one more thing, lets have a look at the courts in Zimbabwe.

Luckily, whilst I may be disgusted at Mugabe’s henchmen, inc the judiciary, I can be proud of international human rights.

It is certainly an inefficient system, but it’s doing a job; and I feel like we are winning.

By: NorthernIrelandExile

NorthernIrelandExile — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:05:37 +0000

Ok.

I’ve thought about this, and to be fair, I wouldn’t be too damned happy if my predecessors had gotten up to things that hurt people. However, let us assess the facts if we may.

According to this (admittedly uncomprehensive)blog, there are a couple of things that have given psychiatry a bad name; namely Lobotomy and Insulin Coma.

Well…

If your average psychiatrist feels bad about that, then thank god they never became a lawyer!!!

Not only did we start out by drowning supposed witches, but we have then gone on to be bought be every goverment of the day. We ignore human rights so we can keep people in Guantanamo in orange jump suits and we have abandoned habeus corpus…

And aparently psychiatrists are the bad guys?????????? LOL!!!!