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...With schizophrenia, you pick your poison. But until last week, it often felt like a game of chance, played with a loved one's precious marbles. Now, thanks to a landmark study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) comparing four of the new drugs and one older one, we finally know how these potions stack up. All in all, the results are pretty heartbreaking. Three-quarters of the nearly 1,500 patients in the 18-month trial stopped taking the drug they were assigned, often because it wasn't working or had intolerable side effects. Zyprexa did best (merely...
When a new generation of drugs for schizophrenia began appearing in the early 1990s, there was rejoicing-and relief. Finally, patients had alternatives to old sledgehammers like Thorazine and Haldol, notorious for causing bizarre tics like lipsmacking and other jerking movements that might justify the fear-so common in schizophrenics-that everybody's staring at them. I remember the excitement in my own family. One of my siblings, now in her 40s, has endured the rattling demons of this disease since adolescence. About five years ago she tried the newly marketed Zyprexa (olanzapine). Before long she was astoundingly better...
Musically, West took the extraordinary risk of fiddling with his sound by asking Jon Brion, known mostly for his collaborations with the talented but flaky Fiona Apple, to co-produce. Lyrically, he continues to stomp taboos and create a witty catalog of his schizophrenia. If that makes him sound like Eminem, it's worth noting that West is usually incorrigible like a puppy, not a pit bull. "His music is about being human," says West's obviously biased mother Donda, who recently retired from her post as chair of the English department at Chicago State University. "It's like Walt...
...Bipolar disorder exists in a little more than 1.5% of the population - several million people. The latest research says that mental illness is increasing. Depression and anxiety disorders happen more frequently than do disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One out of four families will face mental illness in their lifetime. These diseases cannot be cured at this point, but they can be controlled with a combination of therapy, sometimes medication. Certainly having a good diet, basic and proper nutrition is helpful. Also, in many cases, designing your life so that it is as stress-free as possible...
...composite of studies [of the homeless] indicates that 35% have schizophrenia and 10% significant clinical depression," writes Dr. Irwin Perr of the Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey. And "some 25% to 50% have alcohol-and drug-abuse problems." Which means that, to be conservative, a majority of the homeless dwell near either psychosis or stupor...