Dan Fisher says how and why psych med use should be delayed at initial intake
Channel: Corinna West
Date: 2011-10-21

Dan Fisher is the director of the National Empowerment center, a psychiatrist, and a person who completely recovered from schizophrenia. Here he talks about the evidence base for delayed the initial use of antipsychotics even during intense crisis. This is research from the Soteria project which and Dr. Bola's argument that it might actually be unethical to always give medications. He also talks about the Open Dialogue Model in Finland which gives 80% recovery rates from people who used to be labeled with schizophrenia.