Here are the facts! At least some of them...
■Most people who suffered from a psychotic break (schizophrenia) recovered until the advent of Big Pharma’s psychiatric drugs.
■Bipolar disorder was so rare that only about 1 in 5,000-20,000 people were disabled by it, and nearly all of them recovered—until the drug Lithium came along. Now, 1 out of somewhere between 20 and 50 Americans is diagnosed and drugged for it. It’s now considered a permanent affliction.
■In 2007, the number of disabled mentally ill children had risen 35 times over the number in 1990.
■Until people were drugged for schizophrenia, their life expectancies were the same as anyone else’s. Now, someone given that diagnosis can anticipate losing 25 years off his lifespan. That means a man who could have expected to live a typical span of 78 years in the US today is likely to reach only 53, if he’s treated with antipsychotics.
I'm Sad! Really...
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