Rethinking Schizophrenia Why Modern Treatments May Be Failing – And What We Can Do To Fix Them

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Why do individuals struggling with schizophrenia in the United States fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries? Are modern treatments for the severely mentally ill effective? Joining us to dive into this salient topic is Robert Whitaker, a journalist and the author of four books: Mad in America, The Mapmaker's Wife, On the Laps of Gods, and Anatomy of an Epidemic.

Robert has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article. He is also the publisher of Madinamerica.com and a Clinical Assistant Professor (Adjunct) at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.

In this conversation, we cover:

Why long-term outcomes for schizophrenia patients have been worsening over time.
Potential reasons why developing countries have more success treating mental disorders.
Whether or not scientific literature on mental illness lines up with the narrative we’ve been told.
What happens when dopamine receptors are overexpressed.

You can follow along with Robert and his important work here!

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