tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post6861816122231543098..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: Improving Lifestyle Factors for those with Severe Mental Health Issueswilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-46507590296199195942011-09-21T07:55:58.658-07:002011-09-21T07:55:58.658-07:00No argument here Gianna - I see the same thing in ...No argument here Gianna - I see the same thing in some of the clients I work with, and most of them are not SMI.<br /><br />Too many drugs and too high of doses - that needs to change.william harrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-76875722646258461222011-09-21T07:51:11.491-07:002011-09-21T07:51:11.491-07:00Before we can realistically expect many of the &qu...Before we can realistically expect many of the "seriously mentally ill" to exercise and stop smoking we need to stop poisoning them long-term with neurotoxic drugs that makes it extremely difficult and often pretty much impossible to MOVE.<br /><br />Insisting people exercise and then shaming them when they do not, when they are drugged into a stupor doesn't work, and that is what I saw perpetrated again and again when I worked with that population.<br /><br />Smoking too seems to go hand in hand with neuroleptics and the sedentary lifestyle that is essentially imposed on them once neuroleptics are prescribed. <br /><br />When we start offering alternatives to medications that seriously and deeply harm the bodies of these people (and yes, their minds too!!) then we can more realistically hope to engage them in other healthy pursuits.Giannahttp://bipolarblast.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com