Comments on: Placebo Pills for Children

By: Sarah Luczaj

Sarah Luczaj — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:52:54 +0000

Thanks for your input Jerry – it does seem that your client group could make far better use of a ‘psychological’ placebo than children. One of the questions is of course how they got to be so ‘medication seeking’ in the first place… a big question for our whole culture I think.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:08:23 +0000

Sarah, I just wanted to say that I agree whole-heartedly with your thoughtful commentary. However, as a clinical psychologist in a prison setting I deal on a daily basis with hardened criminals who are medication seeking but have no real psychopathology. I sometimes wish there was a placebo I could give them that would magically make all their self-diagnosed disorders go away and free up my time to care for those inmates with legitimate mental illness. Still, I think your fears are coming to fruition, particularly in Western culture. We are increasingly teaching our children that little pills will fix all their problems, problems which several years ago we used to be called childhood.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:07:17 +0000

It’s an amazing development. And very thought provoking. I like your analysis. It is the corporate take over of our own ability to heal in a very pure form.