us election thread

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you're hitting on why i started to doubt her, and what i mean when i dont see much solidity to her claims. when you get to the practical implications she seems to fall flat, at least i dont see much outside of vague bold claims

as for alternative medicine in mental health i dont know, mostly my information comes from my sister who's a psychiatrist and she is one of those claiming mental patients are overmedicated and that a lot can be treated alternatively, removing the harm from side effects. not being a doctor myself i cant really go much further than this but in theory, if that's the case, then by all means. just as long as an actual doctor is overseeing things

edit: adding, her claim is that there's a paradigm that leads doctors to usually go for drug A to treat a certain something. drug A has side effects, which are countered by drug B. both are sold by the same company, and that company constantly seeks out doctors with propaganda and gifts, making the whole business very shifty. if alternative therapy could minimize the symptoms, maybe thee patient would need a weaker drug than A or even get rid of it altogether, thus breaking the cycle

or something like that