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From: Sasha Claire McInnes <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:04 PM


>I really must get off this list - would the owners please unsub me?
>
>It is very dispiriting, alarming and enraging to wake up every morning to
>all the medical-model stuff you folks are promoting.
>
>I agree with Mary Pat, in the context in which she responded, and believe
>that what Sanjay is promoting can be felt or viewed, by some, as blame the
>victim.  I'm not however, convinced that this is what he meant to do and
>believe Mary Pat might have misunderstood where he was going with this
>"wellness" model.
>
>What I hear Sanjay saying is that there are alternatives to the medical
>model and that we would do well to explore them. I am in support of this.
>
>Mary Pat mentions "schizophrenia" in the same context as aids, implying
>that it is a *medical* problem.  Scratch the surface of the majority of
>individuals with this label and you'll find a history of abuse.  To
>pathologize and medicalize individuals labelled thus is, in my view, more
>blame the victim and not an ethical approach to treatment for those who've
>endured abuse.  Of course, it's an easy "fix" and very lucrative for
>psychiatrists and drug companies and if we continue down this road,
>governments will - as in the case in the US - pay only for treatment if it
>includes drugs.  Do we want to go *there*?
>
>Sasha McInnes
>p.s.  if anyone on the list is involved with mental health issues and has a
>networking vehicle for events, policy issues and related stuff, please keep
>me on your distribution list - with my thanks.
>
>
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>This is in reply to sasha's message
As you correctly envisaged I am not for blaming the victim .What I would
like to say is that self help is the best help and if flower remedies give
us stimulus for change why not.It is also true that ultimate health
responsibility lies with individual but after he is absolved of mental
agonies which can be done by flower remedies.After this would come the state
of consciously changing mental attitude without medicines.
sanjay .