I saw the recent show on 20/20 (?) or a similar program on John Nash and paid little attention to most of what was said because I was most struck by the fact that his son has schizophrenia and seemed to be far less functional than John Nash, himself, who seemed to be making apologies for the son's obviously "off" behaviors and rantings.....Suggests to me (maybe incorrectly?) that Nash's schizophrenia was not a 'passing event' (in the 'old days' we were taught about acute vs. chronic schizophrenia, or type I and type II) but rather a true biochemical process (chronic, type II by the old typology); and the fact that he is off drugs now says nothing to me about the average person with this biochemical deficit.
Annette Quoting Harry Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >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] > > Anything worth doing is worth doing at all. Unknown. > If we live long enough, death comes to us all > Unknown > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology University of San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
