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Is that really the only example you can think of? What about schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, serious major depressive disorder, and so on
by eivarv 10y ago
Is that really the only example you can think of?
What about schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, serious major depressive disorder, and so on?
- mrob 10y agoThose can be successfully managed with community support. American culture favors medicalizing those conditions, but I've not seen any convincing evidence that it results in better outcomes. BP-I is different because lithium very effectively stops mania, but effective dose is almost as high as the toxic dose, and long term treatment has a high risk of causing kidney damage even with accurate dosing. This unique combination of danger + effectiveness makes medical supervision mandatory IMO.
- pif 10y ago> Those can be successfully managed with community support. Citation needed.
- openasocket 10y agoHow the hell will community support lessen the symptoms of schizophrenia? It's a chemical imbalance in the brain.