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You might want to get educated about the history of psychiatry. Asylums were an amazing upgrade to people being tied up in basements by their families. Medicati
by kolinko 10y ago
You might want to get educated about the history of psychiatry. Asylums were an amazing upgrade to people being tied up in basements by their families. Medications helped people who otherwise would spend their whole lives in asylums, or simply kill themselves.
Even lobotomies kind of made sense, although thankfully far better treatments were invented at roughly the same time, so they were short-lived.
A nice book on the history of psychiatry: https://www.amazon.com/History-Psychiatry-Era-Asylum-Prozac/dp/0471245313 https://www.amazon.com/History-Psychiatry-Era-Asylum-Prozac/...
- robg 10y agoI'm very familiar, thanks. I didn't say these efforts didn't work in some cases. I pointed out that the early beta testers were the wealthy. That said, minors are still getting psychotropics without their consent and where their lives aren't in any danger (ADHD). Again, a phenomenon driven by wealthy parents.