Risk of Death in the Elderly Trebled With Antipsychotics

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In a nine-year study of all 2,224 residents of Leppävirta, Finland who were 65 years old or older, researchers found that the 332 residents on antipsychotics were almost three times as likely to die.
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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and his partner, Luisa Putnam, joined by their mutual interest in working with trauma and psychosis, studied Open Dialogue in Finland and Peer-supported Open Dialogue in the UK in order to practice and teach as a team. In 2011, they joined with Robert Whitaker to found the Mad in America website

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