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[PhasmaFelis]

> So I'm a little curious why an article on monitoring compliance digitally only talks to patients who are very very unlikely to be noncompliant.

Noncompliance is a huge problem with schizophrenia. I'm not sure why you'd think otherwise. Something around 50% of medicated schizophrenics go off their meds. Google <schizophrenia noncompliance>.

[mirimir → PhasmaFelis]

Well, maybe ~50% of medicated schizophrenics consider the side effects to be worse than the disorder.

Keeping crazies drugged so they don't bother their caregivers is pretty far down the slope, in my opinion.

[PhasmaFelis → mirimir]

Is that really the best reason you can think of to treat schizophrenia? I'd think "so they don't harm themselves or others" might rate a bit higher, just for one example.

[mirimir → PhasmaFelis]

Well, harming themselves is pretty much OK.

Harming others isn't OK, of course. But drugging people isn't an acceptable solution. It's prone to overuse and abuse.

[PhasmaFelis → mirimir]

> Well, harming themselves is pretty much OK.

Oh. You're trolling.

Sorry for wasting my time.

[mirimir → PhasmaFelis]

I am not trolling!

I stand firmly for the non-aggression principle. There's no violence against others in self-harm and suicide. And unrequested intervention is aggression.