Opinion | Where Did the Schizophrenics Go?

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Here’s more as we can’t read the full article

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/schizophrenia/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics

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Can’t see the whole story.

Maybe with these guys.
https://legends.atavist.com/the-anasazi-legend-where-did-they-go

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Same here.

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Have to subscribe to see the full article. What did it actually say??

Young girls picked them every one. When will they ever learn?

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This guy has me muted, he doesn’t really care about schizophrenics.

[. With the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act and appointment of the nation’s first Assistant Secretary for Mental Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, it seems likely that federal mental health agencies like NIMH may be held accountable in a way that they have not been previously. Having to account for 750,000 people with schizophrenia is much easier than having to account for 2.8 million. In addition, NIMH has already been widely criticized for ignoring the needs of individuals with schizophrenia, specifically by failing to support research on the development of new medications and other effective treatments.]

My pdoc has been practicing medicine for 40 years, and he’s told me that more and more of ‘his’ decisions are being made by bureaucrats. Furthermore, he must follow procedures, even if it’s not in the patient’s best interest. If he doesn’t follow procedures he’ll be flagged by a bureaucrat.

The days of doctors making their own decisions are all but over. It’s a national disgrace.

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OMg. It’s always been 1% such a bollocks comment. Alzheimers is more expensive but of course the baby boomers will pay more for treatment. Shocking!

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We are an endangered species lol.

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How stupid can supposedly intelligent people get?

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The debate goes on.

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It’s actually less than 1% in most places of the world. But I agree that this is stupid.

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Yes, let’s get a head count of schizophrenics while not counting the places where large portions of schizophrenics reside. :white_check_mark:

thats pretty crazy, loads of people on the streets with sz and in prison etc, i’d love the number to be that low but its a bit far fetched. i think things have definitely improved though