Re: Patient paid to accept neuroleptic depot injec

Posted by linkadge on January 6, 2007, at 16:20:57

In reply to Re: Patient paid to accept neuroleptic depot injec, posted by fca on January 6, 2007, at 15:14:03

>If anyone seriously thinks that antipsychotics
>(new and old) have not improved the quality of >life for persons with mental illness they just >do not have an historical perspective.
Well, I seriously don't think that AP's have improved the quality of life for people with schizophrenia. If they did, schizophrenics wouldn't need to be payed to take them now would they? People generally don't need to be payed to take something that improves *their* quality of life. They are, however, being payed to take something that eases the burden for society.

A quote from a good book:
The Brain, Richard Restak, Based on a PBS Series, 1984
"Antischizophrenic drugs are effective in treating acute episodes of schizophrenia, but are almost useless in helping with the social withdrawl, lack of motivation, and inadeqate emotion, that are hallmarks of the disorder"
Getting people out of an institution is only one step, all it is saying is that patients are now more managable. Perhaps they can eat and sleep now at their own. It says nothing of their quality of life.
And again, AP's can do some significant things in a short period of time, but what are they doing in the long run.
Its like like antidepressants. Sure one could argue 10 years ago that they save lives, but now they are pooping out left and right, and you've got a whole slew of people back to square one. Actually they are worse than square one, because now they are addicted to drugs that do little or nothing.
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