By Cortland Pfeffer (with Irwin Ozborne)
Guest Writers for Wake Up World
“I just think it is time we try something new,” said the doctor to his patient, “It’s called Abilify.”
“But I’ve been doing well,” the patient pleaded, “I have had no problems for over six months and I am feeling fine.”
“Well, you are on an involuntary (civil) commitment and I would hate to have to extend that 18 months,” said the doctor, “You understand that the court will always do what the doctor recommends, and I think that you are in need of a switch to Abilify.”
This is a conversation that I overheard when I first started working at a county hospital. I was new and trying to learn from these wonderful doctors that I believed were there to help people...
