Charlatan has the connotation that it is intentional. Many medications that psychiatrist prescribe have been shown not to do much better than placebo. Just going to see a professional has been show to have positive effects. Sometimes, if other treatments aren't working, I don't see a problem with tricking the brain.
1.That's a pretty weasely claim. What portion of medication being prescribed by psychiatrists have been shown to have equal effictiveness to placebos. Could it be a handful psychiatrists that are prescribing ineffective medications? or is this a systemic problem in the field? be specific. Unlike acupuncture, there is a significant body of research that attests to the efficacy of psychiatry in treating illness. 2. There absolutely is a problem with proscribing sham medical practices as legitimate treatments. Not only does it have the potentiality to dissuade patients from seeking actually effective treatments, but it legitimizes it as form of treatment to be regarded as equal to clinically proven methods.
I just looked it up and found this. It had been a while since I looked into all this. I guess they've settled it. It's a matter of improperly prescribing them, which seems to be very common. So, there are still many people on antidepressants, that are only experiencing the placebo effect.
I said after traditional treatments aren't working. Would it be better to let them continue to have symptoms? ---
