Posted by JohnB on August 2, 2000, at 2:32:46
In reply to Re: Additional ideas, posted by Dr. Bob on August 1, 2000, at 17:49:18
The outcomes are right here in the board's archives. Just print the whole thing out from '98 on and let them read it (I know I'm being a little naive here:-). There have been people who've been talked down from suicide, some have found drugs that relieved their symtoms after years of trying. Many, many have found partial relief, or learned something that helped them. This not counting a sense of community.
Perhaps there is someone on this board who has the means to fund this, or who has some inside track to funding agencies. How about it, all you lurkers out there?
Has anyone read the recent Time magazing on "The New Philanthropists" http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,49977,00.html ? It's about the technology billionaires and their philanthropic endeavors. And these guys are savvy to what the internet is going to be. How about funding from Yahoo, or Ebay or Amazon. I'm not kidding.
I think funding from the scientific establishment might run into the following problem: "All info on medications should come through us, or the drug companies, or the patient's pdoc". This model is about to change, but many don't know it yet.
One final aside. If Al Gore is elected President this November, it might be a good thing for us and for Psycho-babble. Why? He has pledged to make mental health an important part of his agenda. And you know why he might actually keep his promise? His wife Tipper had a depressive episode and took an AD to help bring her out of it.
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