Critical Dialogue with Dr. Dean Fergusson

| October 6, 2006

Show Notes:

Research shows that one is twice as likely to commit suicide while on a pharmaceutical anti-depressant drug compared to placebo. Dr. Dean Fergusson, of the Ottawa Health Research Institute, explains his research to Angela Bischoff during the recent Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour.

On March 4, 2004 Angela's husband, Tooker Gomberg jumped off the Macdonald Bridge in Halifax while under going treatment with the anti-depressant drug, Remeron. She turned her grief into action, and after two years of research published Depression Expression, and embarked on a coast to coast, 24 Canadian community speaking tour with friends Bridget Haworth and Kelly Reinhardt. This interview is one of many voices they heard along the way.

0:00 - 0:33 Intro with Kelly Reinhardt

0:34 - 10:44 Interview, Dr Dean Fergusson and Angela Bischoff (Angela is off mic, and a little low in volume)

10:45 - 11:33 Extro, and fundraising appeal (see 'Donations' tab at bottom of this page)

For more on the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour read Angela's blog and the Depression Expression tabloid at Greenspiration.

Listen to our other podcasts from the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour:

Halifax Points of View
Friends of Tooker, Halifax
Critical Dialogue with Dr. Michele Brill-Edwards
Fredericton 2: up close in the Underground
Fredericton: Stories from the Underground
Critical Dialogue with Dr. David Zitner
WARNING: There may be drugs in your food.
Elsipogtog 2
Elsipogtog Speaks Out
Launching the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour

and watch some of the tour videos on rabblevision.

'Halifax Abridged'
In Halifax, the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour spends time on the bridge where Tooker breathed his last, and visit with the Justice Ministers staff and the Chief Medical Examiner calling for an inquiry into his death.
'ALL ABOARD! the HMBP Tour departs here'
On April 1, 2006 the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour begins at Union (yoga) Station in Toronto, Canada. By train and car we aim for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Trailer - Healthy Mind Body Planet
Introducing boilingfrog’s presentation on the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour, April 3 - June 20, 2006.
What have drug companies accomplished? Why are alternatives inaccessible?

and stay tuned at boilingfrog's podcast portal for more audio podcasts from across Canada.
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