A Critical Look at the Impact of Antipsychotic Medications

Drawing from my own experience in psychiatry—both through my medical and psychiatric education—as well as in some of my clinical practice experience, I'm educating you about schizophrenia and antipsychotic medications. As opposed to focusing primarily on scientific papers, I’ll be referencing certain scientific studies to provide evidence to support my points.The drugs themselves were once called “tranquillizers,” patients have been forcefully given these medications, and the general public hasn’t properly been informed of the impact of these drugs on individuals. Lastly, the alternative therapies for those with severe mental illness are often buried, crushing a patient’s ability to be their own well-informed health authority.This, of course, is part of a larger topic on psychiatric medications in general, which is part of another larger topic on pharmaceuticals. There’s much for us to discuss over the course of this podcast. We’ll begin the journey back in my third year medical school rotations where I was in a psychiatric ward of a mental hospital… Get the full show notes here!Connect w/ Dr. Andrew KaufmanWebsiteSubscribe, rate, and review the True Health Report podcast so more people can become their own health authority!