I think it's pretty important to remember that a lot of these studies are made on pharmaceutical industries' money.
As a psychology undergrad who loves psychopharmacology, I must point out that most drug treatments fail in long-term, while the highest long-term healing rates are for both...
Your post reminds me of Freud in his early papers describing neurotic patients with his Theory of Sexuality. He basically said "These are my findings on the matters, and I worked with 18 patients. Perhaps if someone worked on a 19th, they might find that I'm wrong," and "but then again, **** it...
Well, to start a linguistics debate on Descartes is to beg for a ginormous discussion on everything from Nietzsche to Wittgenstein.
However, like someone else pointed out, Descartes was merely indicating that the "feeling" of thought is proof that he exists. Everything else: the world, his...