Resumen de Out of the shadow
People have long known that the drugs used to treat schizophrenia are very far from ideal. The downsides have always been seen as a necessary price to pay for relief from the condition's devastating symptoms, but now that idea is being called into question. Not only are the side effects of these drugs worse than they thought; the benefits are also smaller. Although people need to be taken off their drugs slowly and carefully to avoid a relapse, it looks as though outcomes are better in the long run if medication is kept to a minimum. Now, there is growing interest in less damaging ways of helping people with the condition--including talking therapies and even forms of brain training. Here, Wilson examines gentler ways of helping people with schizophrenia to reclaim their lives than fighting their delusions with drugs.
