David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
When Medicine Got It Wrong
Treatment Advocacy Center
September 25, 2009
One of the biggest misconceptions about mental illness is that it?s not really an illness, but rather a character flaw.
At one time, the prevailing school of thought was that families were the cause of mental illness. When Medicine Got it Wrong is a documentary telling the story of parents who challenged that presumption and helped to lead psychiatry and the treatment of these cruel brain diseases down a different path.
YouTube - When Medicine Got it Wrong - TRAILER
In fact, we now know that [illnesses such as] schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are neurobiological brain disorders that affect over 4 million individuals in the United States alone. Unfortunately, many state laws do not reflect the current scientific understanding surrounding mental illnesses. The standards in many state statutes do not seek to prevent the deterioration of a severe mental illness.
Help the Treatment Advocacy Center to restore reason to treating mental illness by joining our state advocacy efforts!
Treatment Advocacy Center
September 25, 2009
One of the biggest misconceptions about mental illness is that it?s not really an illness, but rather a character flaw.
At one time, the prevailing school of thought was that families were the cause of mental illness. When Medicine Got it Wrong is a documentary telling the story of parents who challenged that presumption and helped to lead psychiatry and the treatment of these cruel brain diseases down a different path.
YouTube - When Medicine Got it Wrong - TRAILER
In fact, we now know that [illnesses such as] schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are neurobiological brain disorders that affect over 4 million individuals in the United States alone. Unfortunately, many state laws do not reflect the current scientific understanding surrounding mental illnesses. The standards in many state statutes do not seek to prevent the deterioration of a severe mental illness.
Help the Treatment Advocacy Center to restore reason to treating mental illness by joining our state advocacy efforts!
