Sunday, August 19, 2012

Full Disclosure Needed About Psychiatric Drugs That Shorten Life

Full Disclosure Needed About Psychiatric Drugs That Shorten Life | Psychology Today:


Research Shows Some Psychiatric Drugs Decrease Lifespan

Those in emotional pain long for that pain to stop, but that longing makes them more susceptible to pitches for products that allegedly will help but can do great harm. People who have been labeled seriously mentally ill are dying 15 to 25 years earlier than normal [1], and it is clear that this is largely because of the effects of the drugs they are given. [2] It's alarming enough when makers of deodorant, for instance, conceal the risks attendant on using their product; how much more reprehensible it is when marketers play not on the fear of having body odor but on the intense suffering of those who are likely to be advised to take powerful psychiatric drugs.

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