Click here to visit the Alternative Mental Health site. When trying to withdraw from many psychiatric drugs, patients can develop serious and even life-threatening emotional and physical reactions. In short, it is dangerous not only to start taking psychiatric drugs but also can be hazardous to stop taking them. Therefore, withdrawal from psychiatric drugs should be done under clinical supervision. Submitted to NAMI-SCC by Tom Barresi.
Nutrients play a critical role in mental health .
They are the building blocks of the nervous system. Correct testing and understanding of deficiencies and overloads can pinpoint the causes of many severe mental symptoms, thus opening the door to hope and recovery. That Mental Disorders Are Linked to Nutrient Deficiencies. The key note speakers were Jay Mahler, an activist in the consumer survivor movement, and Patricia Deegan Ph. D., Director of Training at the National Empowerment Center. Thornton is the mother of three children.