Phillip May. His research was biased however, it pushed people away from psychotherapy with schizophrenia. I think that it s imperative for us to understand that even though medication has a place in the treatment of this unfortunate condition, medication is developed and sold by pharmaceutical companies who gain a tremendous revenue from pushing medication . There is a place for medication, I am not opposed to it, but it is only one treatment method amongst many other important methods that should be integrated. Such as psychotherapy, and psychosocial rehabilitation. Psychotherapy is and can be successful.
Psychosocial rehabilitation is and can be successful.
However, both methods are not widely used enough and medication can be more successful, if it is integrated in the other treatment efforts. I must tell you that it took a considerable amount of time for me to appreciate the limited value that medication has because I saw what could happen with professionals who dedicated their efforts at helping the victims of schizophrenia even without medication. However, I began to realize after some time, that it is foolish to reject any useful treatment tool. I have worked with this population for 46 years. After years of effort, I began to understand enough of the process to be able to train and teach, in countries besides the United States.