tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post5013815782929527524..comments2023-10-17T10:29:57.984-04:00Comments on The Screaming Pope: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to WasteFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-20459351485306284242012-02-02T16:19:16.818-05:002012-02-02T16:19:16.818-05:00HI Marcel, don't you think there has been an e...HI Marcel, don't you think there has been an epidemic of over and indiscriminate medicating. I'm only a layman, but one wonders about all the medicating and who is doing it. About a decade ago, chronic fatigue syndrome was in vogue and one couldn't help getting the feeling that the diagnosis was being applied rather promiscuously. Now bipolarity seems to be ubiquitous. Sure there are lots of suffering people. No one is denying that, but is the scattershot labeling and script writing always the most effective approach to what is basically a broad spectrum of complaints? Is there a logical positivist in the house?Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-20341781650094906852012-02-02T16:03:14.007-05:002012-02-02T16:03:14.007-05:00It is an interesting phenomenon that smart and kno...It is an interesting phenomenon that smart and knowledgeable people become unsettled when a disorder becomes "too" common. For instance, "too many teenagers are committing suicide nowadays" (how many should?). Discomfort with the high prevalence of ADHD has been around for ages, but yes, whole populations can and do require Ritalin for their actual ADHD. We don't have prior knowledge of how many people should suffer from any particular disability. The thing is to provide help that works, child by child, to those who need it. And Ritalin treatment of ADHD children has been and is a spectacular success.<br />To descend to trivia, if Dr. Asperger is watching us from a better place, he might be a little miffed.Marcel Kinsbournenoreply@blogger.com