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Re: NYer essay on psych drug detox

Posted by SLS on April 2, 2019, at 9:29:40

In reply to NYer essay on psych drug detox, posted by beckett2 on April 2, 2019, at 0:54:00

> If you're not behind the New Yorker's paywall, a good essay. There is an excellent audio version on the Audm app.
>
> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-challenge-of-going-off-psychiatric-drugs

There are valuable lessons to be learned here. There isn't very much formalized study of drug-discontinuation syndromes and how to minimize them. Also lacking is the study of how long-term drug treatment changes the brain, and how persistent these changes are after a drug has been discontinued. I only skimmed the article, but I did not find any mention of how psychiatric drugs can dramatically improve how people experience life after years of torment and living in a vegetative state. Up until now, doctors have been hampered by a lack of scientific data and understanding. Choosing treatments has largely been trial-and-error using drugs with disturbing side effects. Obviously, there are too many people for whom drug treatment produces disappointing - and sometimes negative results. The same can be said about other types of illnesses. Psychiatric drugs can save lives and make them worth living. However, there is a need for finding new treatments and optimizing old ones. Psychiatry is not the work of the devil, as some people would like us to believe.

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