http://mindhacks.com/2008/11/25/mental-illness-in-children-medical-issue-or-fig-leaf/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/11/25/mental-illness-in-children-medical-issue-or-fig-leaf/#comment-6233 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:36 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/mental-illness-in-children-medical-issue-or-fig-leaf/#comment-6233 I believe that diagnoses for ADHD, depression, and a whole host of other related mental (pre-frontal cortex-related) conditions is a fig leaf for not just social change gone wrong, but also dietary change gone wrong.
People I know have straight-out *dropped* their SSRI antidepressants, and picked up omega-3 fish oil, and come out of it with the same mental stability and *no* loss of sex drive.
It is also possible that big pharma have in fact hijacked public opinion with respect to the question, “How do we fix these conditions?” – and, as psychopathic large corporations are prone to doing, provided their own answer – “With this drug of course!”, instead of, “Are you eating right? Is your home environment stable? Is there someone making you unhappy?”, in other words, “Is every major environmental factor of your brain in good condition?”

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