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• [1] Bryan from Brooklyn January 06, 2009 - 12:25PM

  FYI, most of the psychopharma meds don't have a known specific cause of why they work. Also, when you go into a hospital you're most likely going to meet a psychiatrist, who practices medicine not psychology.

  
  
• [2] Tanvi January 06, 2009 - 12:27PM

  I can sympathize with Norah. As a caregiver of someone with Bipolar Disorder, it was very hard for me to communicate with Doctors - I always believed that they were looking out for my spouses best interest but that is not always the case. My spouse took the meds so he could get of the facility and I made every effort to help with that effort.

  
  
• [3] ry January 06, 2009 - 12:28PM

  In response to my concern about paid off "expert" psychiatrists and mainstream studies contradicting the effectiveness of popular psychiatric medication, a psychiatrist wrote patient has a "persecutory complex."

  
  
• [4] Jones January 06, 2009 - 12:31PM

  As a caregiver as well- I would NEVER recommend a hospital. I wish my spouse was under control but at the time there wasn't another option. Hospitals are the worst facilities for mental health issues. The doctors and nurses were least bit sympathetic.

  
  
• [5] News today from Brooklyn January 06, 2009 - 12:32PM

  My dad was diagnosed yesterday with depression. He was seeing several neurologists for what we feared was early Alzheimer’s disease. After much testing it seems that he is grieving my sister's unexpected death 7 years ago. We were shocked and somewhat relieved (and saddened). I had no idea depression could manifest itself in this way.

  
  
• [6] Matthew from Brooklyn January 06, 2009 - 12:33PM

  I'm a drug skeptic, but in working with mentally ill people I have been amazed by the effectiveness of anti-psychotic agents (as opposed to anti-depressants). Would the guest agree?

  
  
• [7] PL Hayes from Aberystwyth January 06, 2009 - 12:55PM

  One of the issues brought up in this segment reminded me of Marcia Angell and a book review I read recently:

  http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22237

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Angell

  
  
• [8] Ben from NY January 06, 2009 - 12:55PM

  Bravo to Ms. Vincent.

  I think that the revelations coming out now from people like her will cause a big shift in the future away from the wholesale drugging of people, hopefully toward genuinely helping them and dealing with their problems, instead of saying that it's all in (chemicals in) their heads (utilizing the unproven, manufactured and convenient 'chemical imbalance' theory).

  
  
• [9] Laura from New York January 09, 2009 - 09:43PM

  Thank you to Ms. Vincent for speaking so courageously about depression. We need more people speaking about depression in the thoughtful and honest way Ms. Vincent did during this segment. Her act of researching and writing this book helps anyone struggling with depression.