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Why Won’t Congress Act on Treatment Before Tragedy?
From the Washington Post article, on the incident this week of shots fired near the Capital: Authorities identified the wounded suspect as Larry Russell Dawson, a minister from Tennessee. The 66-year-old Dawson previously was arrested in October in the District after he allegedly disrupted Congress by shouting that he was a “prophet of God.” Yet,…
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Fear and Misinformation and Throwing Away 50%
DJ Jaffe and Dr. Fuller Torrey are two leading figures in the cause for forced treatment of persons with severe mental illness. Their argument is that persons with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and severe bipolar disorder lack the ability to contribute to their care. While in many cases, that is true, in equally as many cases…
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Shocking
I vividly remember the day Tim’s psychiatrist uttered those three little letters. ECT. Tim’s psychosis and depression had proven to be resistant to a litany of mood stabilizers and atypical anti-psychotics, and Dr. D had, by his admission, run out of ideas. Tom, Dr. D and I collectively mulled over two options, both scary. Clozaril,…