October 15, 2019
When a young person or the family of a young person just diagnosed with psychosis is considering whether or not to try antipsychotic drugs, it makes […]
September 7, 2011
Almost everywhere in the world, programs set up to do early intervention in psychosis rush to start people on antipsychotics. This is widely seen to be […]
April 10, 2011
When people are trying to get off neuroleptic (antipsychotic) medications, they often run into a problem like the following. The medication is reduced, then some kind […]
February 7, 2011
According to a news article today, it’s going to be a lot harder for anyone to deny what some of us have been saying for quite […]
May 14, 2010
Many of you have probably been aware of two prior World Health Organization (WHO) studies that showed almost twice the recovery rates from “schizophrenia” in developing […]
April 30, 2010
As I pointed out at a recent mental health system meeting in my county, people with mental health problems face two kinds of risks. The first […]
March 19, 2010
Richard Bentall, in his book Doctoring the Mind: Is our current treatment of mental illness really any good? describes how researchers first noticed and tested the […]
January 30, 2010
I have written elsewhere about links between creativity and psychosis. In a recent blog entry, Gianna Kali of “BeyondMeds” links to an article describing how teachers […]
August 28, 2009
In the attempt to convince people to take medications, the hazards of such medications are often minimized or overlooked. While many people may truly be better […]