Global Mental Illness Blog Postings- Schizophrenia | Tolerance Lost July 31, 2010Continuous signs of schizophrenia for at least 6 months, with active symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, etc.) for at least 1 month. - No other mental health disorder, medical issue, or substance abuse problem is causing the symptoms. ..... These medications for schizophrenia don't provide a cure; rather they work by reducing the psychotic symptoms of […]
- Book Review: Mental Health & Drugs – July 2010 « Tucson Green Times July 30, 2010Robert Whitaker's brilliant book Anatomy of an Epidemic asks a simple question: Why, if psychiatric drug treatments are so efficacious, has the number of people on disability for mental illness more than tripled in the last 25 years? ... onto children with the newly diagnosed pediatric bipolar disorder. How can anyone possibly predict the long-term impa […]
- Recovery from "schizophrenia" and other "psychotic disorders ... July 30, 2010You should be aware that there is no convincing evidence of, or tests for, any “biochemical imbalance” in people diagnosed with any mental disorder, but there is lots of evidence that psychiatric medications create abnormal states in the ... These range from (to give just a sample) possibly permanent sexual dysfunction, or even bipolar disorder possibly caus […]
- Schizophrenia | Tolerance Lost July 31, 2010
