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Originally Posted by costello
Interesting read, S.p. I read the whole thing. I felt the author did a thorough job and represented the people she interviewed respectfully. That is seldom the case. Maybe it's because these people were never fully psychotic?
I thought it was interesting at the end, where the last woman finally improved after starting on a new anti-psychotic medication. The doctors think the med made the difference, but she doesn't. I see that with my son and me. I see a difference from meds. He seems to thinks that he's somehow managed to get control of his thoughts, and it's just a coincidence that happened when he was on medication.
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Yeah apparently she specialzes in mental health writing and has won several awards...she is also writing a book on the same topic based on a clinic in Maine. I might also argue that a lot of how people interpret mental illness is based on how they are taught about it by the doctors...Anna in the story was treated at the FEP clinic at UIC...that is where I received my treatment so I feel a special connection and they do not ever say anything negative really they are very positive about recovery and early treatment...so it tends to influence outlook...