Global Mental Illness Blog Postings- After closing psychiatric hospitals, Michigan incarcerates mentally ill February 7, 2012... by Wayne State University -- of jails in Wayne, Kent and Clinton Counties found that more than half their populations were mentally ill and one-third were seriously afflicted, suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar and other psychotic disorders. […]
- Diet and exercise, with and without psychiatric drugs « Lunatic Fringe February 6, 2012It found that a supported diet and exercise program for schizophrenics taking anti-psychotic medication yielded significant health benefits within just 12 to 16 weeks. This jump in the text from bipolar to schizophrenics takes place because people labeled with bipolar disorder often take the same drugs that people labeled with schizophrenia take. This is the […]
- “Can” Documentary Film Trailer: What does it take to heal ... February 6, 2012For a long time, psychotherapy has been seen as providing little benefit to patients with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. However, two recent ... As readers of this blog know, in my book Anatomy of an Epidemic, I investigated what science has to say about how psychiatric medications shape the long-term outcomes of major mental disorders, and it […]
- After closing psychiatric hospitals, Michigan incarcerates mentally ill February 7, 2012