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What Are We Overlooking? Reviewing Current and Alternative Treatments for Psychosis

Mad in America

I n Part 1 , I looked at the longer-term inefficacy of ‘maintenance treatment’ with antipsychotics, and also at some ‘disappointing’ outcomes for ‘early intervention in psychosis’ (EIP). Psychosocially focused interventions may foster better engagement. Patients were generally enthusiastic about its minimal medication approach.

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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

I was still under the “care” of the Early Intervention Service as an outpatient but after my treatment in hospital I didn’t want my life to be intervened in by mental health professionals. Unlike after my first admission I internalised my new self-image as a bipolar psychiatric patient and it ended up literally disabling me.