PSY 607 Lecture Notes - Reuptake, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Risperidone
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Indeed, the advent of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia led to the phenomenon of deinstitutionalization. This involved the release of tens of thousand inpatients from the locked wards of state and provincial mental hospitals into the general community. While this policy reduced the number of psychiatric inpatients by a factor of 5, it was ultimately shortsighted. The majority of these individuals became homeless wanderers with few skills to obtain work or social support, and too little emotional resilience to function without the structure of the institution. Eventually, group homes, sheltered workshops and community mental health centres developed to meet these demands. These facilities provided structure and security for medicated outpatients with schizophrenia while also affording a modicum of freedom. However, life for people with schizophrenia was far from ideal. The same could be said for clinically depressed and anxious individuals.
