Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good article on autism-mercury

[Sal Sunshine]

Which pretty much had little or no effect. People were medicating themselves back then, just self-medicating, using cigarettes and alcohol. A lot of it got swept under the carpet, eg, often times the most "pious" and upstanding had the worst alcohol/domestic problems. And nobody was talking about depression or any other mental conditions.

We've come a long way. Drugs are now grossly over-prescribed, but that's not the drugs' fault. Many work and have saved lives. But the insurance companies and some doctors prefer to wait until people get sick rather than encouraging prevention.

Sal


On Jun 16, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Jeff Fischer wrote:

50 years ago people went to their Church or talked to a friend or
counsellor when they got depressed.