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John Travolta Says No to Psychiatric Meds

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

One of our member’s blogs, Fighting the Darkness, has a post that comments on John Travolta’s recent declaration against psychiatric medications. I’m not sure why the media gives attention to what any particular Hollywood star thinks on these matters.

Wouldn’t it be more appropriate and, well, newsworthy, to report on what researchers and scientists think on this matter? You know, with like, actual data and scientific research? Oh, but then it wouldn’t be “news,” now would it?

Sorry, I just can’t take this stuff seriously. Psychiatric drugs are like any medical tool — they can be used to help people, or they can be harmful to people. One size does not fit all. People who paint these things as black-or-white probably have not taken the time to actually talk to people who experience serious mental illness, and have found relief from the appropriate psychiatric medication.


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From Psych Central's Alicia Sparks:
John Travolta On Psychiatric Medicine: No, Thanks | Celebrity Psychings (6/21/2010)


    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 27 Jun 2007
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Grohol, J. (2007). John Travolta Says No to Psychiatric Meds. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/06/27/john-travolta-says-no-to-psychiatric-meds/

 

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