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from the link: > In recent decades the ‘two-layered system’ – family care supported by a medical safety net – has been constantly adjusted to reflect developme
by tcj_phx 10y ago
from the link:
> In recent decades the ‘two-layered system’ – family care supported by a medical safety net – has been constantly adjusted to reflect developments in psychiatry. The most abrupt shift came in the 1970s, as the asylums emptied and mental healthcare was reconceived to become more flexible and extend further into the community. Antipsychotic and antidepressant medications, central to the new treatment model, were initially resisted by many families who felt they would turn boarders into medical outpatients, but they soon proved their worth in helping to manage the worst of the depressions, crises and public incidents. (emphasis added)
Robert Whitaker is an investigative journalist who has looked into the claims of proponents of psychotropic drugs. He has found the evidence supporting their use to be lacking, and makes the case that these medications create and maintain the conditions they supposedly treat:
http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/07/the-case-against-antipsychotics/ http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/07/the-case-against-antipsy...
My friend needed sobriety, but all she got were tranquillizers. She briefly escaped from her tormentors, and her new treatment providers allowed her sedation with anti-psychotics to lapse. She was given the SSRI she asked for, which she thought had helped her before. But Serotonin is NOT the 'happy chemical' - the drug caused rapid heartbeat, resulting in tremendous anxiety. She took her last benzodiazepine (class of addictive anxiety medications), which caused her to 'fall apart'...
sigh ...
- dsego 10y agoYeah, I for one am glad my brother's main problem now is apathy and anhedonia. Better to deal with that while he is on zyprexa, haldol, leponex, risperidone or whatever, even for life, than having him live out bizarre fantasies, running naked through the streets for 2 days straight, burning down all family photo albums, accusing all family members of rape, having false memories, draining my parents emotionally, psychologically and financially. God bless modern psychiatry.
- tcj_phx 10y agoThe tragedy of the mental health status-quo is that Science now knows enough to help these people... They knew enough 40 years ago. A recent study found that psychotic patients don't produce cortisol upon awakening [1]. This indicates problems with the mitochondria, and the flow of energy in the body. [1] https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/june/stress-hormone-link-with-psychosis https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/june/stress-hormon... "These distinctive alterations of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function may have important implications for CAR as a marker for transition risk." (emphasis added) [2] [2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416300549 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416... But Medicine is much more a haphazard form of "applied science" than a rigorous application of what's been discovered by physiologists. Our medical corps are disproportionately influenced by the industry they serve. So they sedate their psychotic patients, rather than help them.