{"id":1210,"date":"2008-06-17T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/06\/dr-drew-from-celebrity-rehab-a.html"},"modified":"2008-06-17T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T09:45:00","slug":"dr-drew-from-celebrity-rehab-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/06\/dr-drew-from-celebrity-rehab-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Drew from Celebrity Rehab and Tom Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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Also from Save the Assistant’s Lilit Marcus<\/a> comes this interesting nugget …<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dr. Drew, the psychologist\/addiction specialist who runs the clinic on the TV show “Celebrity Rehab” <\/a>said the following about Tom Cruise:<\/p>\n

A lot of people in the public eye who behave strangely have mental illness we can learn from, and much of it is based on childhood trauma, without a doubt. Take a guy like Tom Cruise. Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology? To me, that’s a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood – maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now I could argue a lot of different points here. I’ll stick to two since I got carried away in my first post.<\/p>\n

First, yes, neglect causes mental illness. But folks, hello, let’s not forget that there exists evidence (through twin studies) for a genetic susceptibility for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders. Scientists like James Potash of Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science are close to using the susceptibility genes<\/a> to point to biochemical pathways of disease that could lead to development of new medications to alter those pathways. Let’s not lose sight that mood disorders are organic illnesses -not make-believe conditions that happen to those who crack under stress.<\/p>\n

Second, while I, for one, am not a huge Tom Cruise fan (Gee, I wonder why?)<\/a>, I don’t think the fact that he is a Scientologist makes him mentally ill. Does this mean because I’m a fish-frying Catholic, I’m a nut? Some would say yes. (And, okay, I did say that Catholicism was the best religion for the mentally ill because of all the visions and stuff.<\/a>) I’m uncomfortable with anyone saying that because a person follows a set of beliefs that, in effect, makes him a member of my very elite camp. To tell you the truth, I hope Tom Cruise isn’t mentally ill … because I don’t really want to run into him at one of my “retreats.” Especially if he’s off meds. Yikes.<\/p>\n

Opinions anyone?<\/p>\n

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