I aim to be a rational voice on emotional topics.
I'm going to create a three-part "carnival" of SharePosts about schizophrenia medication. The first news article will be a general overview. Part two will talk about the reasons people have for not taking medication and how to find a good psychiatrist to get the right treatment. Part three will detail the risks of partial compliance as well as the perils of going cold.
The best minds of my generation have been destroyed by drug holidays.
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This SharePost will talk about Mental Illness Awareness Week [October 4 - 10]. The keyword in that sentence is awareness. What can be done,... Read more »
Music has always been a passion second only to writing for me. As a kid growing up in the 1970s, I listened to the AM radio, and later on,... Read more »
In the book, My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates, Mummy wrote out on pink sheets of paper the social hierarchy of her women friends in... Read more »
A mother writes that her son, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, stops taking his Risperdal when he is feeling better. She then has... Read more »
U.S. researchers say they've spotted a gene variant that may raise the risk of schizophrenia in some people, a finding that may lead to new... Read more »
Large, rare structural changes in DNA called copy number variants may play a role in schizophrenia, according to U.S. researchers, who said their... Read more »
Psychiatrist Ronald Pies talks about the laws surrounding schizophrenia and driving. Pies discusses this issue by sharing the story of Harry, a... Read more »
Treatment in childhood with epilepsy medications may be linked to the development of schizophrenia later in life, some researchers say. Scientists... Read more »
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