Posted by SLS on May 21, 2012, at 14:41:08
In reply to Re: link for study » zazenducke, posted by zazenducke on May 21, 2012, at 9:22:09
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22340278
What I see is a study that fails to report the severity of the index episode of schizophrenia for each patient that they followed. It is possible that the people who did well without taking antipsychotics were not that ill to begin with. These people had the insight to "self-select" themselves to discontinue their treatment. Of course, maybe the medication ACCOMPLISHED THE MISSION: achieve full remission without the need for further treatment.
I often have difficulty deciphering what the authors had in mind when they chose the words to compress the entirety of their paper into a brief abstract. I'm sure the experts have no trouble, though. They probably speak the same language. Perhaps the severity of the index episodes is taken into account in their statistics appearing in the full text.
I imagine that antipsychotics work well enough for some people such that they achieve a stable remission that allows for the discontinuation of these medications. This is true of antidepressants. I am guessing that case history is taken into consideration when making treatment decisions.
I have known a dozen or two people with various presentations of schizophrenia who were very thankful that they were treated with antipsychotics. I don't think this is a black or white issue, though. People come in all colors. For me, seeing is believing.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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