What becomes a conspiracy theory of the government following for one, becomes a thriller book for another, that switch to differentiate between hallucination and reality that artists have and patients dont have. My brother was quite the creative powerhouse, before the sickness took him.
Despite being asian, my dad was always 'afraid' of smart children. In his mind, schizophrenia was caused by lack of rest and relaxation. He always encouraged my brother and I to relax, and not work too hard. Apparently, it is now known that schizophrenia is correlated with sleep disorders as well.
I guess we are lucky in that my uncle has never been able to do anything wrong. He did attempt murder I suppose (in paranoid delusion), but luckily his brothers stopped him. I suppose it helps living near family and having a lot of siblings. Nowadays he's mostly limited (due to old age) to gathering apostles on the internet for his new religions. Probably the best outcome you can hope for.
I believe the biggest lesson from this article though, is that it is dangerous when we legislate based on hope. The 1950s and 60s saw the beginnings of the desire to eliminate asylums due to civil rights concerns. The 'solution' was a technology that at the time didn't exist, but which they hoped would exist after the law was passed. It is dangerous to create law while ignoring current reality, and depending on hope.
Could not agree more. Self-hypnosis and can do rhetoric is a real poison when it comes to mental health. Its also very comon though, as humans can not really percieve mentally different people. We percieve other as flat copies with mirror neurons. So every person somebody else sees, is always "similar to me".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron
If that does not work out, the brain evaluates the persons actions result. If its nothing we regard as valuable, we classify the person as "stupid/lazy/etc", if it has good outcomes, we classify the person as "brilliant/genius/etc".
This inability to even percieve the other and the behaviour they are locked in eliminates alot of the possibilities for help. "I would never do that, unless im lazy. I would think really hard and snap out of it." is way to often the conclusion.