[Sometimes psychotic]

Study finds some schizophrenics do well without long-term antipsychotics - Chicago Tribune

This is an interesting interview by the chicago trib of Martin Harrow who is one of the people who's been publishing about people who choose to go off their meds and are successful despite that. I've never heard the individual stories just the numbers/stats etc so this was nice because I much prefer the stories of success people with masters and law degrees etc going on after their break and how they deal with any remaining hallucinations....worth a read

[geis]

Have you read any of the research Jaako Seikkula has been doing in Finland around treating psychosis with the Open Dialogue method? Although they occasionally use antipsychotics, it's not their first-line treatment, and they're not used long-term. They've gotten some pretty impressive results, and I know of several programs in the US that are integrating Open Dialogue into their treatment programs. (I was part of one of those programs.)

[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by geis

Have you read any of the research Jaako Seikkula has been doing in Finland around treating psychosis with the Open Dialogue method? Although they occasionally use antipsychotics, it's not their first-line treatment, and they're not used long-term. They've gotten some pretty impressive results, and I know of several programs in the US that are integrating Open Dialogue into their treatment programs. (I was part of one of those programs.)

I was aware of open dialogue and impressed by it but have not yet read the research...thanks for the name I will look it up....

[costello]

Too bad I can't read it without being a subscriber. I'd have loved to have read that article - and possibly forwarded it to my son.

[costello]

I found it on Westlaw.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by costello

Too bad I can't read it without being a subscriber. I'd have loved to have read that article - and possibly forwarded it to my son.

When I originally posted it it wasn't behind a paywall-----but you can register for 5 free articles to see it.

[junkDNA]

my T just sent me an email of the harrow study. i find it interested yet kind of scary. ive been on APs for 11 yrs now. i want to eventually not need APs.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by junkDNA

my T just sent me an email of the harrow study. i find it interested yet kind of scary. ive been on APs for 11 yrs now. i want to eventually not need APs.

Clearly you have a rebel T lucky!

[junkDNA]

Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

Clearly you have a rebel T lucky!

he is a rebel. lol