Tag: learned helplessness
Institutionalization: An Unacknowledged Cause of Psychiatric Outpatientsā Deterioration
Psychiatry didnātĀ reallyĀ stop institutionalizing people; it just found new ways to do it. Institutionalization, rather than drug toxicity, best explains patientsā downhill course and their
worsening after coming off meds, as they have lost the skills needed to cope with lifeās challenges due to disuse.
