There is the lie. Of course there are some organic brain diseases. Schizophrenia, major depression, and bipolar disorder have been well-characterized chemically. Whether ADHD is one of those organic brain diseases is still a matter of debate, but the fact that we don't have a chemical assay to diagnose something yet doesn't mean it doesn't have a biochemical origin; it just means our tools haven't advanced that far yet.
My goodness, ultimately any behavior is a manifestation of chemical processes in the brain; if this author doesn't believe in biochemical brain diseases, what mechanism does he suggest for the behavior of people who have demonstrable mental illnesses? Bad spirits? Dementors? Karma?
Now there's another lie. Show me the study that determines the proper ratios of brain chemicals in "normal" brains, and exact doses of which drugs to correct it in "abnormal" brains. Hmmm ? I've asked numerous people that question and oddly enough, such research does not exist.
Oh wait, there's another lie in that sentence. What is the scientific definition of "normal" ? Does science have a definition of that, or is it the same old "I know it if I see it" ?
My goodness, ultimately any behavior is a manifestation of chemical processes in the brain; if this author doesn't believe in biochemical brain diseases, what mechanism does he suggest for the behavior of people who have demonstrable mental illnesses?
Believe ? First you say there's a measured biological issue, then you say it's a belief ? Which is it ?
Take this article. The little girl who died was from a family that had serious problems. Might her problems have been in response to that environment ? No, no, of course not, that would mean that drugs were unnecessary but interention was. Way too expensive for the nanny state, and way too much work to find well-behaved relatives willing to raise the child properly.
You might benefit by reading Peter Breggin's book "Reclaiming Our Children: A Healing Solution for a Nation In Crisis".
BTW love your tagline. It reminds me of the old joke:
One Quaker said to another; everyone’s crazy but thee and me, and sometimes I wonder about thee.
“if this author doesn’t believe in biochemical brain diseases, what mechanism does he suggest for the behavior of people who have demonstrable mental illnesses? Bad spirits? Dementors? Karma?”
I got it, I got it!
The cause? Vitamin Deficiencies. Just ask Tom Cruise.
(sarc, of course)
“... if this author doesn’t believe in biochemical brain diseases, what mechanism does he suggest for the behavior of people who have demonstrable mental illnesses? Bad spirits? Dementors? Karma?”
Why he tells them the wonders of auditing and the truth about XENU. We will not overcome these ills until we have freed or is it captured our Body Thetans. Didn’t you know that???. Please see www.xenu.net for insight into itisnotonebitscientificology.