Patients, though now quieter, were often still clearly disabled, often unable to care for themselves or function in society.
Patients describe their experience of illness vividly.
Since 1991, when Clozaril was first approved, Degen and Nasper have worked with clozapine-treated patients at the Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center in Connecticut. This is more radical than it might seem. Having never had the chance to accomplish the psychic tasks of adolescence nor meet the usual milestones of adulthood, they nevertheless understand all too well what they've missed out on, seemingly irreparably. Awakening is not enough, Degen and Nasper say.