Schizophrenia--a victim's perspective.
K Pushpa
Schizophrenia Bulletin September 4, 2008 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn111 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Personal account (first-person narrative) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1983-1993 |
| Keywords | Humans Iatrogenic disease Antipsychotic agents Treatment refusal Schizophrenia Coercion History, 20th century History, 21st century United states Unconscious, psychology |
| Key points | Argues, from the author's own experience, that approximately 37 "coma injections" and forcible antipsychotic administration between 1983 and 1993 were "iatrogenic," inducing schizophrenia-like symptoms in a person the author describes as previously normal. The author also reports seeing seven or eight women resembling themselves and cites R. D. Laing's theory linking division of the self to schizophrenic symptoms. |
Abstract
This article is based on my own personal experience of having undergone "coma treatment" and being given approximately 37 coma injections between the period 1983-1993 despite the fact that I was not psychotic and was normal in every way. The experiences I had following the injections and the forcible administration of innumerable antipsychotics and drugs have shaped my perspective of what it is to be a victim of "iatrogenic" psychiatric treatment-iatrogenic because it induced symptoms of schizophrenia or at the least schizoidism in a normal person like me-an inability to think, feel, and reason, over time. I have also with my own eyes seen at least 7 or 8 women who look me (my clones) that has reinforced my belief that the injections split me. The British psychiatrist, Richard David Laing (Encyclopedia Britannica 2004 DVD [DVD]) also theorized that it is the division of the self that leads to the symptoms of schizophrenia such as splitting and fragmentation of the mind.