I come with a different history, Larry...

Most of my clients when I was in social work came directly from Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Va., and suffered from various mental illnesses...

Schizophrenia is very real and no matter how caring one's circle of friends are they cannot fill in for folks who have a better understanding of the disease than those friends... Therapists also work with psychiatrists, social workers, adult day care centers, etc. as part of a complete treatment package...

This line of discussion is starting to look like the AIDS/homosexuality one with people thinking that folks make choices and can just flick a switch and turn stuff off and on...

As a former social worker I flatly disagree with that premise... People who suffer from mental illness are ill and need more than a "circle of friends"...

I've watched two Christian Science women did because they also thought that faith and a good circle of friends was all they needed... It was very sad... And painful deaths...

I'm seeing the common thread here is science denial... Too many people with this "shake it off" mentality...

I donno??? Think a few folks here need to put their tin foil hats...

...back on...

B~