Posted by tessellated on March 24, 2007, at 13:48:53
In reply to Re: yx-td, another name for eps » notfred, posted by Declan on March 23, 2007, at 22:00:28
ok, sorry. i'm was expressing a strong personal belief in the questionable ethics to use of AP's/dopamine antagonists.
i've worked in public clinics with rooms full of boxes and boxes of AP's. and whole populations doing the "haldol shuffle".
i've also seen benefits to the medications.
personally i believe the dsm iv-r vastly over simplifies schizo/bipolar/borderline personality in regards to treatment. in my experiences in public clinics i've seen AP's used as population control.
i'm only simply argueing thematics from foucault's "madness and civilization", (not sure how to specify citation). the term dementia praecox came before schizophrenia and was even more general.
i think schizophrenia is an obsolete term that oversimplifies numerous etiologies for the sake of establishing a formula for doctor patient liability.
medicine is not a science, its a business.
i apologize for the jaded rant, i've just happen to feel passionate about these issues and the way in which our "american" society deals w/them.
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