Re: Why Drugging All Schizophrenics For Life Is Not the Answer

I agree with you that drugging for life benefits nobody.  I studied under a professor of economics at the University of Washington many years ago who got funding from the state (his wife was a state senator at the time) to do a study on whether to drug or incarcerate.  He was a right wing conservative and of course his "study" found that it was much cheaper to the state to drug the loonies than it was to incarcerate them.  So, with his wife's power in the legislature that's what has been done in Washington State to this day.

Here is a link to a book by one Jane Alexander who had schizophrenia and many other disorders and who was mentally incarcerated and drugged for them.  When she got out of the loony farm she eventually quit all drugs and cured herself from all of her disorders with meditation alone.  She would meditate for ten and twelve hours at a time.  She was dedicated, and hasn't taken any drugs since she quit.

http://www.amazon.com/Possessing-Me-A-Memoir-Healing/dp/0983070903

Besides the book she has a couple of interesting blogs on the Internet.