Fact Checking Psychiatry
by Al Galves, PhDSchizophrenia is a devastating illness. It is extremely impairing to people, makes it difficult for them to connect with other people and to use their abilities in satisfying ways. It is scary and troubling to family members and loved ones who are typically unable to react to people in effective ways. We haven’t found a good way to treat schizophrenia. The conventional treatment is antipsychotic medicine. Using that treatment people recover at a rate of less than 10 percent.
Following are descriptions of three new treatments for schizophrenia that have higher recovery rates than the conventional treatment.
Soteria Houses The first Soteria House operated in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1971 to 1983. It was a home-like residence that was designed to treat persons who were experiencing their first psychotic break....