Drugs and Behavior
by William A. McKim · first published 1986
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…not as the disease in and of itself. I'm glad that this model is gaining popularity, because I think it is the correct one. I was lucky to have the chance to study with Dr. Carl Hart in college. His Drugs and Behavior class was one of the best I've ever taken - an actually scientific, medical look at drug use instead of haphazard generalizations that we have come accustomed to reading even in otherwise reputable news…
on “Rat Park drug experiment cartoon” ↗…has been worse than I could have possibly imagined. These psychiatrists certainly have good intentions, but don't realize the collateral damage inflicted by their treatments. Today I found a copy of "Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology", by William McKim. Hopefully this text will help me figure out how to talk reason into a psychiatrist.
on “On being sane in insane places” ↗…have to order people to take the worst of the drugs, the sedatives (”anti-psychotics” [1]), because they wouldn’t take them otherwise [2]. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118918/ [2] "Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology", by William McKim If society is going to force treatment on people, we ought to help them while we’re at it. But the system I’ve observed over these past…
on “Apply HN: Hacking Mental Health” ↗