"My Name" <no@e-mail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns93AB59A88E8E5MyIdToken@walks.like.a.duck.. .
> "Robert McGregor" <robert_mcgregor@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
> news:bdrl21$vuvf9$1@ID-49289.news.dfncis.de:
>
> > http://www.breggin.com/
> >"When trying to withdraw from many psychiatric drugs,
> >patients can develop
> > serious and even life-threatening emotional and physical
> > reactions. In short, it is dangerous not only to start
> > taking psychiatric drugs but also can be hazardous to stop
> > taking them. Therefore, withdrawal from psychiatric drugs
> > should be done under clinical supervision. Principles of
> > drug withdrawal are discussed in Your Drug May Be Your
> > Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications
> > , by Peter R. Breggin, MD and David Cohen, PhD."
>
> Have _you_ read the book you mention?

No. What does it matter, the information bug ya, did it?

> The reason I ask is that by mentioning it, it looks as though
> you are reccomending it, however if you haven't actually read
> it, then mentioning it is a rather weak prop for your advocacy
> dontcha think,

Arguably, if I was indeed advocating the book.

>otherwise of course, it would be appropriate to
> mention, and of course it wouldn't have hurt to mention you've
> read it in the first place.
>

Given the absurdity of Usenet or the doctor being dependant on real
endorsement, let alone imagined endorsement from me, of course it wouldn't
have hurt you to find a real nit to pick, if nits is your thing.

Bob