Tag: psychiatric drug side-effects
The “Shotgun Method” ā A Story of Mental Health Crisis in...
"Let's try the shotgun method,"Ā my psychiatrist said āĀ meaning that you load the gun with a bunch of pellets and hope that one of them hits the target. I went through 16 different psychiatric medications in five years, and they wereĀ notĀ the right choice for me.
I am Insane
I have been here at Western State Hospital for almost five years. While Iāve been told that Iāve met all the criteria for a conditional release, the hospital wonāt grant me this because I canāt prove that I wonāt be dangerous in the future. Can anyone prove this? Even convicts donāt have to prove theyāre āsafeā before they are freed.
Identifying Psychiatric Drugs Leading to Emergency Room Visits
More than ten-percent of adults in the United States are currently prescribed at least one psychiatric medication but there is currently a lack of research on the prevalence of adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with these prescriptions outside of clinical trials.