spiritual_emergency forwarded:</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>

The Soteria paradigm remains an intriguing example of medical parsimony in the treatment of schizophrenia, via its use of significant numbers of nonmedically indoctrinated staff and minimal use of medication.

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The added expense due to the need for lots of staff may account in part for the lack of attention that this kind of approach receives, compared to one using primarily medications. Or does the use of "nonmedical" staff reduce the expense?