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After someone has been tortured by disease for years, maybe decades, don't you think he/she might be a little down? All this talk presupposes that depression is caused by a disease like PD sort of apart from the effect of the toll it takes on a person's existence. That seems a little unfair, especially when there is such a stigma against it. When I developed panic attacks after chemo for ovarian cancer in 1979-80, I sought help but was refused at first because I "had a reason" for developing the attacks while the other group participants didn't have physical or emotional traumas they could trace it to. When UCLA later changed the requirements, I just toughed it out. It seemed to me that psychotherapists were unsure how to construct the support group. It seems to me PWP have good reason to be depressed. How do you separate those who do from those who don't, and does it matter? I believe people have the right to take their own life and would not appreciate someone committing me if I wanted to do it. PWP need a cure, not commitment to a mental institution. Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:18 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Suicidal Depression > At least in Georgia (and probably in other states) two persons who know an > individual can sign statements when a person is known to them to be (1) > mentally ill, and (2) a danger to self or others, which authorizes he > sheriff to take the person to an Emergency Receiving Facility > involuntarily for up to 5 days for a mental evaluation. If two doctors > agree, the involuntary commitment (in Georgia) may be extended up to six > months. The patient has a right to a court hearing if requested. A drastic > measure? Maybe, but when I was a director of psychiatry, I knew it to have > saved lives. > > > > Dan A. McRight > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn