Anatomy of an Epidemic - The Explosion of Mental Illness in the West

[stingraybch]

Speed rap, wow! Take a pill.

[sarahparsons87]

developing depression and genuinely need chemicals, put aside the fact that they are man-made, because their brains simply don't produce enough of the lacking chemical or are not structured strongly enough genetically to fight off a bout of strong emotional reaction. These unavoidable circumstances need help, not condemnation by the media and the resulting cynically motivated reaction of a minority of ill-informed, mislead, ignorant people. I hope the image surrounding anti-depressents improves.

[sarahparsons87]

depression, medication was the right treatment to give myself at that time. To carry on as i was wasn't working and could have ended up much worse.Our brains are mainly physical objects and therefore sometimes need some form of physical treatment and being as it is not possible to manually handle or manipulate out brains (not like that would have much effect anyway, lol) we need to manipulate in them in a way that is possible, which is chemically. Due to genetics some people are more prone to..

[M1thotyn]

"Our brains are mainly physical objects and therefore sometimes need some form of physical treatment" You just said that because the brain is physical, people need to do drugs from time to time. Absolutely ridiculous. Psychiatric drugs are not brain medicines. They are in fact psychotropic drugs. They do not work be mending, they work by impairing perfectly healthy and normal biology. This is a fact, read: Initiation and Adaptation: A Paradigm for Understanding Psychotropic Drug Action.

[M1thotyn]

@sarahparsons87 And what do you mean by "mainly"? Are you saying that there is part of the brain that is not physical? That's not possible. I have many other physical organs. Sometimes my left kidney doesn't function right, should I just start taking drugs that impair the normal functioning of my kidneys and see if it helps? It would be the same thing that you suggest we do to our brains.

[sarahparsons87]

@M1thotyn...Clearly you have a disregard for taking pharmaceutical medication. If you read my comment properly you would realise that i said i attempted to get better without medication but it didn't work. I didn't say that "people need to do drugs from time to time". I said that our brains are *mainly* physical objects and the best way to manipulate them is through chemical means. I'm afraid your comment doesn't make sense to me. Maybe you should study medicine before replying to me.

[sarahparsons87]

iron tablets but i do occasionally now and have also improved my diet because i realised eventually (after months of denial) that i actually had slight anemia. I could have exercised as much as i liked or improved my positive thinking but i wouldn't have increased the amount of iron in my body by doing these things. I needed to do something about it immediately and do the right thing - in this case taking iron tablets, at least to begin with before improving my diet -and in the case of..

[sarahparsons87]

(especially in the cases of SSRI's being prescribed because it is usually a lack of this chemical which causes most cases of depression) and will inhibit the over production of dopamine which will restore the chemical inbalance present in the patients brain. Chemical inbalances happen in our bodies all of the time. For example if a woman doesn't eat enough iron or supplement her diet with iron tablets she will likely end up anemic because of the monthly periods she has. I never used to take..

[sarahparsons87]

have been relying upon the tablets for the past ten years or so and have never attempted to withdraw from them and therefore don't know what life is like without them and need to continue taking them in order to feel 'right'. The media will often call anti-depressents 'happy pills' and this gives them an extremely negetive image. When only used in severe cases anti-depressents are beneficial in the fact that they can restore the lack of serotonin in the patients brain..

[sarahparsons87]

the true benefits are of essentially trusting and relying upon a synthtically made chemical, specifically designed to make you feel 'happier'. The media is very much in part to blame for the rise of cynisism and sceptisism surrounding anti-depressents. The media has reported shocking cases that have resulted from taking anti-depressents, such as the horrific side effects which some people have suffred from or the placebo effect some people reportedly experience but fail to include that they..

[sarahparsons87]

my best efforts and positive thinking. Something had been triggered in my brain and i couldn't turn the process around. GP's are advised to only offer anti-depressents in cases that they consider to be needing medical treatment so to go against medical advice and their own (presumably sound judgement) would be foolish by most stretches of the imagination. Don't get me wrong, as is evident in the beginning of my comment, i was very hesitant and quite sceptical about taking medication and what..

[sarahparsons87]

experiencing mild to moderate depression is an increase in activity/excercise and some sort of self-taught CBT. My first expereince with the doctor shows that i was offered anti-depressents only in a quite severe case of depression. When i visited the doctor a second time, about a month after first going there i was still feeling very numb and irritable/sad and was again offered anti-depressents. I accepted the offer of medication b/c i knew that my experience wasn't getting any better despite..

[sarahparsons87]

It was stress that triggered depression in me and for months i trusted in my own strength to get better and start feeling 'normal' again. I went to the doctor after the first couple of months when this was happening to me and was offered to go on anti-depressents. I have never been to the doctor before in quite the same state that i was then so don't know if they offer people who are expreriencing only mild depression the same treatment but i suspect not seeing as the general advice for people..

[IvanTheHeathen]

Stef... please, PLEASE... INTERVIEW PETER BREGGIN!

[Spencerianism]

The bottom line is about money. The truly sad part is that money is a fictional character in society. So basically we created a fictional monster that actually destroyed us.

[Laoch111]

How can anyone really trust the pharmaceutical companies given their evil twisted record.

[seekingjustthefacts]

Another major obstacle, is that the APA (American Psychiatric Assoc.) works in tandem with big pharma, where counselors,clinicians and therapists' hands are tied to their draconian treatment modalities, in which they cannot devise and implement alternative, non-drug treatments, tailored to the needs of the child. Most often, the root problem is found in the family dynamics, yet they are not allowed to seriously address this. This is done by design in favor of big pharm profits.

[boobmikesmith]

"Get a job. Go to work. Get married. Have children. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Obey the law. Save for your old age. Now repeat after me: 'I AM FREE'..." Think all this bullshit is catching up to the people who are force fed it.

[TerrierBram]

After almost 25 years of strong marijuana use, I really don’t know what mental highs u should reach to end up in the emergency room of a mental hospital. But anyway, if so, u take like 2 gram vitamin c dissolved in water. Drink this. Then u take a spoon hemp seed oil and 2-5 gram chlorella. Sleep it off. No problem.

[generalkoffi]

@TerrierBram

Cannabis (the drug) is a largely harmless, even healthy, anti-depressant, unlike the terrible things you'll be prescribed in hospital. It makes most people more sane - not less, and its true addictive potential is low, in the sense that you won't become suicidal from withdrawal if you suddenly don't have any.

[TerrierBram]

@generalkoffi I have this strong impression too. However, I’ve put my mind in psychedelic states of which I do understand that not all people could comprehend these equally well. But if u use it just like 1 or 2 joints a day, pure, it is rather a social, medical and recreational blessing than something that put u on the trail of allopathic horrors.

[Christopher711]

Just gone to the world. Reminds me of that shooter jared loughner who just keeps smiling even though he murdered severa people. I wonder if he's been on any of these meds and if so how many.

[Christopher711]

I have heard that cocaine usage can cause problems. One lady I know said she has had social anxiety after using cocaine.

[generalkoffi]

@Christopher711

Most cocaine is highly refined, and is tainted with various toxins. It's like tobacco or even opium - in its natural form and in moderation it's actually not too bad, and has some health benefits, but the ultra-refined, toxin-tainted, high-powered cocktails engendered by drug prohibition make it very dangerous.

[Christopher711]

@generalkoffi what do you think about pot?

[ehpl]

check prof heather Ashtons site re benzo reduction - anyone can come off with the right level of care and planning

[ehpl]

one thing some doctors are fond of doing in the UK is putting recently bereaved people onto anti depressants - I:m talking within a few weeks or days - madness really

[ehpl]

Im my limited experience in the UK if tests determine substances iare n the system folk will be monitored and then discharged without a diagnosis being given - maybe its different in different area

[ehpl]

I heard that psychosis has reduced in the UK in the last decade - this was in relation to the stronger cannabis often wrongly accused of triggering psychosis- if this were true then higher rates of psychosis would be shown but according to prof nutt this is not the case

[MagasVolar]

This video and the ones before concerning mental health / illness are great stuff as shocking as they are. But it is relieving to know that I am not alone with the impression and the experience that once you're in the psychiatric threadmill your life will be completely taken over by a supposed disorder.

I find it indicative that different psychiatrists / psychologists diagnose different mental conditions / disorders.

A trustworthy social environment is what the creatures need.

[srugel44]

One of my friends pulled an 'intervention' on me about my "mental health issues."

He is on many drugs: prozac, abilify, xanax for those 'stressful' days, etc. Of course, he mixes this shit with alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, cold tabs, etc.

So he was convinced that because I can actually feel sadness, or get angry about things, or have these pesky human emotions - I must need therapy and drugs. He said "You CAN be happy, there are drugs that can help you."

He's no longer on my social calendar.

[Christopher711]

@srugel44 if i understand correctly , it is the use of multiple drugs like he is using that causes shortened life span.

[MrDoobious]

Could it be related to chemtrails/fluoride/aspartame/­growth hormones etc that people are being exposed to?

Or is it the stress of the daily grind just to make ends meet?

[Cardywhite111]

Environments do matter. I totally agree children need two parents and parents need time to care and we all need to wupport one another more. But to be able to do that society needs to recognise the value of the carers. Whoever stays at home to look after the kids needs to get a wage. Then there would be no need for two parents to go out to work. Leaving kids to haphazard care because one "has to work" outside is the starting point for sick society. Shallow greedy commercialism. So true.

[leafwatch]

@Cardywhite111 Candy, you fall into the same trap that has duped most citizens of Western societies. You take the status quo as "normal" and try to solve the problems using status quo solutions. If governments have ruined economies and fiat currencies, the "solution" is to either more debt or tax people so they are more dependent on the debt economy. No. The solution is to use the energies and creativity of ordinary people not held down by government robbery & centralized monopoly systems.

[Cardywhite111]

How can one take diet and exercise when one is working full time in hellishly stressful job dealing with people who have problems. Sitting, mediating between warring parents, taking interviews,, sitting in courts, writing reports, glued to a computer reading up changes in policy and programmes driving to homes, sitting again etc etc. I got cancer from eating too many takeaways due to no time to breathe. Life in the fast lane is no fun. People need balance. Our society is so unbalanced.

[Cardywhite111]

I am stunned by the way prescribed drugs are not monitored. I was prescribed drugs, didnt take them. Continued getting prescriptions, didnt take them. But when I got well because of deciding to change my life situation it was deduced by the medical profession that the drugs have worked. Or not....No one actually cares anyway. It is an industry. society is sick. Noone wondered why I had no problem "coming off" Best advice I had from doctor was "do what makes you feel good".

[Cardywhite111]

I believe so much of what is diagnosed as mental illness is simply a way of dumming us down. People who are depressed and find present day life difficult due to having no prospects and or joy in their lives are given drugs to shut them up and go away. I am amazed how quickly doctors will prescribe medication. I was prescribed medication. I didnt take it and got better after I left a dreadfully stressful job and felt free for the first time in years. I was fortunate enough to have a pension.

[RodCornholio]

Absolutely outstanding. I learned a lot.

[Cardywhite111]

Does anyone thing it might be because there is no work for anyone anyway and so if people are mentally ill well there is then a whole new workforce needed to care for them. I volunteer in a centre in UK where people come to get food and something to do because there is no work for them. They have alcohol problems and many are on medication. If you speak to them you can see if they had more real opportunity for work their lives would be so much better.

[magicksinger1]

The medications are not advertised as "cures", only as treatments. I suffer from PTSD and bipolar disorder, and I have taken meds that worked well in stopping my suicidal thoughts when I was immediate danger of doing so. I have been off my meds for 4 years and will be going back on them soon as my anxiety is getting worse because I have not been taking them and I am not able to work. And there are no "stay well periods".

[Andybaby]

00:27:00

Fascinating - hospitalised illicit drug takers getting misdiagnosed as having chronic mental 'illnesses'. Wow.

[KneelingAtlas]

I loved the talk, but couldn't stop cringing at all Mr. Whitaker's collective language. "WE" don't need to do anything, if you want to do something about this epidemichere are some simple steps:

1. Don't hit your kids

2. Stop handing around people who hit their kids

3. Don't drug your kids

4. Stop hanging around people who drug their kids

5. Stop justifying the state

Done and done.

[RodCornholio]

@KneelingAtlas EXCELLENT!!!! KEEP POSTING THIS ALL OVER!

[KneelingAtlas]

@RodCornholio Thanks Ron. That's what I do: strike the root any chance I get. It's really astounding that even among liberty advocates those who focus on consistent, objective, peaceful parenting in combating the state are a minority. It's really so simple: don't tyrannize your kids and they won't grow up to be tyrants,

[Xeogt]

I loved this video Stefan! I have come to enjoy your videos so much I find myself checking for new ones 2-3 times per day.

[andthereisntone]

So, are the Scientologists on to something is this regard?

[Valelacerte]

@andthereisntone Some of their conclusions may be right, but their leader, L Ron Hubbard, authored the Scientology scripture from which they are derived. The man was an insane, pathological liar who suffered from his own psychological and pharmaceutical problems. Like most scams, Scientology has a veneer of plausibility to draw you in.

[JackofOneTrade567]

what role did the govt play in all this?

[holographicsentience]

The free market IS to blame ...it exists for people to extract profit from other people ... theres a financial incentive to misdiagnose people and sell them prescription drugs ... an inconvenient truth for these two free market worshippers no doubt ...

[JackofOneTrade567]

@holographicsentience at around 38:00 he starts talking about the role the state plays in this.

[KneelingAtlas]

@holographicsentience So are individuals not at all cop-able for the drugs they ingest? Does it really take a rocket scientist of philosopher king to question the concept of a physically undetectable disease with an ironclad 'cure'? Stop making excuses for yourself (sorry, "people"); every individual is responsible for their own actions. The government is the only group pointing guns at their 'customers'. Additionally, the state licensed medical industry is far from a "free market".

[holographicsentience]

@KneelingAtlas ; Cop - able ?? Drug companies ( capitalist ) have a vested interest in promoting a diagnosis of mental ill health which is so wide as to encompass healthy people . They do this in order to secure profits ... Social , economic and environmental problems affecting people are then redefined as problems of mental health ...solution ...sell em some drugs ... Stop apologising for capitalism and its egregious effects ...

[KneelingAtlas]

@holographicsentience Hey, you don't like drug companies, stop buying their drugs, game over. It's the government which uses the threat of force to steal your money and hand it to drug companies which poison the youth, no?

[holographicsentience]

@KneelingAtlas ; No ...

[MabusZero]

@holographicsentience "Stop apologizing for capitalism and its egregious effects"? Just as soon as you quit conflating our current soft-fascism with Capitalism instead of the half socialist / half mercantilist system we've been saddled with ever since the Monster of Jekyll Island was brought into existence.

[holographicsentience]

@MabusZero ; Grow up with the conspiracy theories already : )

[musicmakesmeable]

@holographicsentience wake up

[srugel44]

@MabusZero - I have no idea who the Monster of Jekyll Island is. Please enlighten.

[MabusZero]

@srugel44 The Monster of Jekyll Island would be the Federal Reserve System, originally brought into existence in 1913 to pay for US involvement in WW1, while the majority of the Congress was on holiday. The Federal Reserve is a dialectical follow on to Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the US, which was dismantled as a central bank by Andrew Jackson. Central Banks rise and fall, as should any entity, based on its merits.

[karthadastim]

@holographicsentience did you watch the whole video? And why are you on this channel if you don't believe in freedom defined by non imitation of force and not stealing.

[holographicsentience]

@karthadastim ; Yup , and im here because i like to criticise bullshit when i see it : )

[karthadastim]

@holographicsentience Well you seem to have missed Stef's video for people like you about how to disagree. Saying "the free market is to blame and this is truth" is not anything substantial. You have to put forth your premise and explain why with consistent reason and evidence.

[holographicsentience]

@karthadastim ; Lol , try telling the same thing to your Master Stef : )

[overlordsshadow]

Glad the MJ and hallucinogens hasn't screwed me up. I think bad families, TV, other media and poison food is the real trigger.

[SonnyCrackBeats]

Stephan, I agree with the premise, but lack of testing for mental illness isn't a good argument. Look at Multiple Sclerosis, there was no hard test for it until the advent of the MRI in the 80's. It was all based on symptoms.

[MrDorkusMaximus]

I was never more suicidal than after I started taking Paxil, (prescribed by my state licensed "doctor"). Paxil didn't "cure" my depression. The other health side effects caused by Paxil were horrible to endure. After four months, I had to quit Paxil cold turkey, and I had that obvious "aha" moment, and so dumped that charlatan quack doctor. I hope he enjoyed his new BMW and his house he bought in the upscale neighborhood in San Jose, CA, because his patients paid a serious price for it.

[26craigr]

I had a drug induced Psychosis when i was 17 caused by smoking weed and a sincere desire to understand why i was feeling low i made the decision to push my regular cognition to breaking point to see whats underneath. I induced an altered state or psychotic episode and suffice to say changed my paradigm and put me on a different path.Treating someone with drug induced psychosis with anti-psychotics is like trying to deliver a child from a woman on the pill, they're both inappropriate treatments.

[noudo25]

Stef...this was by far your best interview to date...very informative. Keeping this one on tap.

[deepfriedsammich]

Interesting interview but for goodness sake, if you're going to do an interview at least unplug your phone!

[BWCmike]

explosion of mental illness is started by drug dealers (psychiatrists), and by the degredation of the gene pool. It used to be that only the strongest survived and had the most children. Now the strong gene people aren't having kids and the fat black woman you see on jerry springer are having dozens. Thats why eugenics is necessary.

[mikef179]

thanks stef. great interview.

[ostralopithicus]

Great interview -  shared!

[CO2TROL]

Mental illness is skyrocketting because people were not made to work under florescent lighting for 12 hours a day, eating unhealthy ready meals, sitting infront of a TV for 4 hours a day getting no exercise, processed and brainwashed from childhood onwards. ...Then, of course, there is money to be made from that by drug companies.

Or

[Zerafinel]

@CO2TROL Yes. It's imprisonment without visible walls. There's no wonder we're becoming mentally ill.

[srugel44]

@CO2TROL - You nailed it. Truth is truth. Well done.

[ehpl]

@CO2TROL sad but true

[jcrongoXisXaXjerk]

@CO2TROL Assertions

[thestonemaster81]

get the phone

[theawecabinet]

At least a course of leaches to the temples and/ or a good whipping by the local priest to drive out the evil spirits didn't result in massive weight gain and fuzzy headedness, shaking, nausea (and suicide and murder and compulsive gambling and stuff).

I bet the people who lived back in the dark age never called their own age 'the dark age' either......

[Chriznak]

God damn phone!

[TacticalFatNap]

I scan my sub box in anticipation, the shining glow of freedom that is Stefan's forehead.

[snaz27]

@TacticalFatNap Ha Ha me too! I was only saying something similar to someone just moments ago! Great minds and all that lol.

[sabrinacle]

I know someone who stopped tasking all her medications for bi-polar because she decided it wasnt the worst thing in the world to be.At least she wasnt an ax murderer or something. A few months later she went back to work after being out of work for five years and never looked back. When it gets bad in her head she just drinks more water.She says that cures it every time

[Killedkennyagain]

@sabrinacle Tap water? There are low doses of anti-depressants (among other drugs) in most municipal water supplies. Perhaps the low doses work for your friend... then again, perhaps not.

[sabrinacle]

@Killedkennyagain she used a Brita filter, but if there were antidepressants in the water I suppose it may have affected her.All I know is she is much happier and completely functional now that she is OFF her meds. I had to call her up and ask what she took.It was Paxil,lithium,klonapin,and elivil and a few others I cant remember.She rattled off the names pretty fast.

[sabrinacle]

most of its over my head but Im gonna listen anyway and hope some of it sinks in.

[Anothercoilgun]

You mean someone stepped out side of the box and took a broad look at the whole and found out its all a lie? I could have told you that day one.

[Anothercoilgun]

I hope my bluetooth batttery last for this full video.

[WulfBand]

This is all just part of the Global Depopulation program.

[Textra1]

Excellent interview. It has given me a lot to think about.

[chris3443]

Great interview, thank you :)

[edmasters]

Fascinating interview - I'd be interested in your views on Laing with regards to understanding schizophrenia. It's patently obvious how corrupt and destructive the "psaychiatric profession" is

[Textra1]

In my very layman's opinion, AD meds seem like a stop-gap solution being used as a long term solution. I know from my experience that AD meds help me stabilise long enough to seek cognitive behavioural therapy and set me on the path to long term mental health. I'm still on that path but I think I'm healthier now than even just a year ago.

[BMansRevolt]

Marijuana induced mania? What a maroon.

[fleskebille]

@BMansRevolt 1. Yep, that's likely people with mental problems choosing cannabis as their treatment. I think cannabis very high in THC (skunk, which has "prohibition levels") and low in modulating things like CBD can easily trigger a short episode of paranoia though (the worst offender being that damned Marinol pill. That one's actually dangerous). Some have claimed cannabis can cause schizophrenia, but there was no increase in schizophrenia in Australia for 30 years while cannabis use shot up.

[BMansRevolt]

@fleskebille Some people claim a lot of BS, but that don't make it true, does it? Is it remotely possible that this high-grade cannabis has a friend in this paranoia phenomena? Something like the knowledge that one might go to prison, OR, if one subscribes to the type of claims Robert makes, that they are afraid that it might make them Schitzo? Sure, I have heard of a few cases of paranoia, but it lasts no longer than the high, if that long. It sure isn't some permanent psychosis.

[fleskebille]

@BMansRevolt 2. “They found that individuals treated for post-pot smoking psychotic episodes had the same likelihood of having a mother, sister or other "first-degree" relative with schizophrenia as did the individuals who had actually been treated for schizophrenia themselves.” google: us-pot-induced-psychosis-idUST­RE4A26JV20081103

I suspect a lot of studies of cannabis are designed to have a specific outcome, like Reagan’s brain damage study.

[BMansRevolt]

@fleskebille Yes, like the first one that shows up in the search that suggests there is no link between schizophrenia and cannabis. I could say that since there are 1 in 50 diagnosed with BiPolar Disorder, there will be a direct connection to the afflicted by their spouse or sibling's usage, which obviously caused their Bipolar Disorder.

[fleskebille]

@BMansRevolt I think "maroon" is a little harsh though. I expect people coming to different conclusions on this because of all the conflicting studies.

[BMansRevolt]

@fleskebille I also suspect that these moronic claims are coming from studies that are geared towards a particular result and have little to do with actual real world findings. I will suggest that going "manic" from weed is such a high improbability, that IF it were to occur, there is likely some other catalyst. Such as the knowledge that getting caught might send them to jail, etc.

[darksense36]

Unfortunately I have become a victim of this system. I'm 21 and am currently physically and psychologically dependent on tricyclic anti-depressants. I was first prescribed SSRI's when I was 17 while going through a small bout of depression, the doctor gave me the option of either going through therapy or simply taking a pill... being the naive kid that I was, I chose the pill. One of the worst decisions I've ever made in my life, and I regret it every single day.

[DackIsBack]

@darksense36 Join the club buddy, I was put on prosac at age 13 and I was on a heavier dose than most adults by 16.

I feel like this has caused irreparable damage to the neural pathways and receptors in my brain- I do have some hope for partial recovery tho... Just staying away from them as much as possible and using natural, herbal alternatives that are proven to be safe, like Cannabis.

[DackIsBack]

@darksense36 I got to tricyclics by time I was 20 after trying several different drugs... none of which worked.

But I knew immediately that they formed dependency issues just going off my experience with more exotic drugs(the untaxed ones).

I only spent 2 years on them tho, I now use herbal remedies as I said... far more effective... sativa cannabis for motivation during the day(high THC) and indica cannabis is great before you go to sleep(high in CBD & CBN).

[DackIsBack]

The simple fact is these drugs do nothing to improve your life situation...

They just mask the symptoms of a problem that is for the most part external from oneself- but in many, many cases becomes internalized...

[DackIsBack]

"Instantly his face turned scarlet and the water ran out of his eyes. The stuff

was like nitric acid, and moreover, in swallowing it one had the sensation of being

hit on the back of the head with a rubber club. The next moment, however,

the burning in his belly died down and the world began to look more cheerful..." - Orwell's 1984

[DackIsBack]

"He took down from the shelf a bottle of colourless liquid with a plain white label marked VICTORY GIN. It gave off a sickly, oily smell, as of Chinese rice-spirit. Winston poured out nearly a teacupful, nerved himself for a shock, and gulped it down like a dose of medicine."

[DackIsBack]

Oh Stef... Didin't ya' know? 2+2= 5! Now keep schtum, and drink your Victory Gin!

If you read 1984's description of Victory Gin it's perfectly analogous to today's range of "anti-depressants".

[1lucasaw]

Reihan Salam just mentioned this book on Up! With Chris Hayes yesterday (Sat. 1/7) morning! Thought it was strange/funny enough that he read it (or rather, said it publicly) but, how ironic that you would release an interview with Robert Whitaker a day later! Lovin' it!

[necrom666]

Could it be that more people want to get and stay on disability so they can not have to work and live off the public dole. The Big government liberals want ot get as many people dependent on governement and will keep voting them in office to get their goodies. Why get better when getting better means you might have to actually get a job and support yourself.

[JobsAreSlavery]

Being well adjusted to living in a perverse society, is no measure of health....The entire modern medical system is designed, from the ground up, to benefit big pharma. Your health does not matter. It's goal is to maintain your disease, not to cure you. Modern medicine has never cured any disease. There is no profit in a cure. But maintaining your disease, keeping you sick, pays big. Medical cannabis and colloidal silver with cure almost all diseases know to man.

[siftyfour]

@JobsAreSlavery "jobs are slavery" oh my god...

[otinane89]

Great interview, thank you very much mr. stefan! I can say i never saw that comeing... creating misserable people in order to profit! Nah im joking, this is corporatism time(s)...

[rodrigodet]

@erdal0 So explain to me he stole the material and than invited the original author for a interview?

[erdal0]

@rodrigodet you are clearly confused

[Moragauth]

@erdal0 Go grind your little axe somewhere else.

[fndngnvrlnd]

STEFAN PLEASE GET ARTHUR JANOV ON YOUR SHOW!

[fndngnvrlnd]

Chilling. But not surprising at all.

[rongrite]

One would think that a population being trained in government schools full of lies, in a world where corruption is rewarded and the public is never told the real truth about anything, every sane individual would have mental problems.

This gives us a meter for estimating the percentage of sane people in a given population, for they are the ones that are driven insane, by the craziness of the culture, they are raised in. Where lies are portrayed as truth and paper is worshiped as the noble cause.

[jimbobg65]

15:01 - I hypothesise that neuroreceptor sites are simply an analogy of 'tuned components' in electrical circuits. If their function is blocked with reuptake inhibitor drugs, then a certain aspect of consciousness would also be inhibited, as the molecules that are blocking the receptor sites are the incorrect shape and size. They would quite simply vibrate at the wrong frequency and cause other issues in the brain's 'circuitry'. Another analogy is a radio receiver receiving the wrong stations.

[jimbobg65]

@jimbobg65 Apologies for the over-simplistic explanation, but it would take a few hundred YouTube comments to explain the theory fully. Not enough space here.

[jimbobg65]

@jimbobg65 An analogy of SSRIs: If my car's engine isn't working properly, I should open it up and throw in a spanner to make it worse. I would do this in the hopes that the engine management system would counteract the extreme problems I've just caused. If it doesn't work, I could always try stuffing a banana up the exhaust pipe, or pouring water into the fuel pipe. Of course, a car doesn't have the means of fixing itself as the body does, but I believe the analogy is fairrrly accurate.

[MrStillmans]

While I agree with most of this, to say there are "zero" physical tests seems rather dishonest.

[rodrigodet]

@MrStillmans Its not if its acualy true, and I never heard of any study of a biological double blind way of proving any mental illness

[rodrigodet]

@erdal0 Yea what a dick , bringing evidence and shit to this, THAT IS NOT HOW WE DO THIS STEF!!!

[santomon07]

I assume that Mr Whitaker addressed the huge problem these patients face in trying to get off of these highly addictive drugs. I think Stefan has pinpointed the root cause of many of the mental illnesses of today, with his exhaustive research on child abuse.I would add that the establishment has also used exhaustive research in how to create mental illness and has worked tirelessly at dumbing down the population and poisoning our water and food to weaken us "serf's" in their power play....

[santomon07]

Uh sounds like the cross hairs in the "war on drugs" need to be moved to the big pharma's or the establishment's drug dealers...In the environment of "quick fix" medicine, both clinical as well as psychiatric doctors are more worried about moving their patients quickly in and out of their offices. Some HMO's give their doctors a whole ten minutes per patient...This is ,of course, Patch Adams biggest complaint.

[rodrigodet]

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[Spencerianism]

@rodrigodet Big deal.