Hellere hjerneamputeret end "skizofren"

Fra en en kommentartråd på Philip Dawdy's blog:

"In the old days, it was often better to amputate a limb rather than suffer death by gangrene. Now, we have better treatments. But that does not mean that in the past, those amputations were wrong at the time. Death or amputation.

It is sad that this is kind of the choice for someone with schizophrenia. But until the knowlege and treatments advance, that is where we are at."

[I de gamle dage var det ofte bedre at få amputeret et lem end at dø af koldbrand. I dag har vi bedre behandlingsmuligheder. Men det betyder ikke, at amputationerne var forkerte i de gamle dage. Død eller amputation.

Det er trist, at dette er valget for mennesker med skizofreni. Men indtil kundskaben og behandlingsmulighederne bliver bedre, er det hvor vi er.]

Personen arbejder som behandler i systemet.