Losing Our Minds to ‘Science’: Treatment Survivors Speak Out Against the Murphy Bill (H.R. 2646)

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If you're confused about Murphy's law (H.R. 2646), and wondering why so many advocates with lived experience think it is such a bad idea, here is the basic concept:

Less than two months ago, the New York Times published an article entitled “Antidepressant Paxil Is Unsafe for Teenagers, New Analysis Says” (9/16/15).  Only 2 weeks ago, the New York Times reported a ‘landmark’ study announcing ‘Therapy Found to Ease Schizophrenia’ (B. Carey  10/20/15).

None of this is news to those of us with lived experience.  We have known for years that the medical treatments (chemicals, ECT, TMS, psychosurgery) rarely work as well as prescribers and Pharmaceutical companies insist they do (pretense of research notwithstanding).  We have also known for years that talking (especially the mutually respectful human-rights-informed kind of talking that is the purview of peer support) can make all the difference -- even across seemingly unfathomable realities.