ZS> Mostr psycotropic drugs, at least the popular ones (prozac
ZS> and nother SSRI's,
ZS> ritalin, etc...) are perscribed by general practioners.
JP> 
JP> 
JP>  I did not say they were not. I said:
JP> 
ZS> JP>  Exactly. There is much testing to be done before a diagnosis 
endered
ZS> and
ZS> JP> medication dispensed.
JP> 
JP>  Which means going to a competent board licensed psych and following the 
pr
JP> procedures. Anyone who goes to a GP for a medication of this caliber 
needs 
JP> be locked up for child abuse.  
What disturbs me most is how many GPs are willing to prescribe these 
medications with little or no background in diagnosis and treatment of the 
conditions for which they are appropriate.
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