>The following article has been circulating on various listserves. Does
>anyone here on TIPS have any idea about the validity of the claims made in
>this article?
While it may be true that John Nash has been able to stay off of psychiatric
meds, it by no means implies that everyone can. Most schizophrenics are
helped by their meds (ask virtually any family member). To be sure, there
are side effects which can be dangerous or even fatal, but these are
becoming more rare. To be sure, the pharmaceutical industry is promoting
these and other drugs (sometimes unnecessarily), but without them many of
our lives would be miserable (myself included) The problem is that
schizophrenics or family members who read about Nash think that they too
could go off their meds. When you consider that schizophrenic thinking is
not logical by definition, the problem of untreated schizophrenia increases
exponentially. The author of the article clearly blames the meds for his
problems and implies that drugfree is the only way to be. I disagree.
>
>Harry Avis PhD
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA 95677
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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