KALERA ASHLEY was thinking about Re: Help! Ideas Needed. and keyed into 
cyberspace:
KA>ZS> Mostr psycotropic drugs, at least the popular ones (prozac
KA>ZS> and nother SSRI's,
KA>ZS> ritalin, etc...) are perscribed by general practioners.
KA>JP>  I did not say they were not. I said:
KA>ZS> JP>  Exactly. There is much testing to be done before a diagnosis
KA>ZS> rendered and
KA>ZS> JP> medication dispensed.
KA>JP>  Which means going to a competent board licensed psych and
KA>JP> following the pr procedures. Anyone who goes to a GP for a
KA>JP> medication of this caliber needs  be locked up for child abuse.  
KA>What disturbs me most is how many GPs are willing to prescribe these 
KA>medications with little or no background in diagnosis and treatment
KA>of the  conditions for which they are appropriate.
How do you know that there are so **many** GPs who do this? 
               The Few. The Proud. The Chosen.
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