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As the recovery research continues to accumulate, we find that the mainstream understanding of schizophrenia and psychosis has lost nearly all After over 100 years and billions of dollars spent on research looking for schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders in the brain, we still have not found any substantial evidence that these disorders are actually caused by a brain disease. We have learned that full recovery from schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders is not only possible but is surprisingly common. Weve discovered that those diagnosed in the United States and other developed nations are much less likely to recover than those in the poorest countries of the world; furthermore, those diagnosed with a psychotic disorder in the West today may fare even worse than those so diagnosed over 100 years ago. Weve seen that the long-term use of antipsychotics and the mainstream psychiatric paradigm of care is likely to be causing significantly more harm than benefit, greatly increasing the likelihood that a transient psychotic episode will harden into a chronic psychotic condition. And weve learned that many people who recover from these psychotic disorders

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Author

Paris Williams

Publisher

Sky's Edge Publishing

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780984986705

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Medical, Philosophy, Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14