Posted by SLS on January 6, 2007, at 18:00:43
In reply to Re: Patient paid to accept neuroleptic depot injec, posted by fca on January 6, 2007, at 17:03:18
> I have spent thousands of hours with 100s and 100s of persons with schizophrenia over the last 40 years. The progress is nothing less than remarkable in terms of their ability to live independently, maintain meaningful personal relationships, work, etc. And this is due primarily to improvements in APs.
This has been my observation as well.
> Finally, there is so much physical evidence (CAT scans, MRIs, PETs)that each major decompensation is a physical assault on the brain that minimizing the intensity and length of the acute decompensation is very important.
Yes. The schizophrenic episode itself is neurotoxic.
- Scott
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