Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Holy crap
Twisty reports on an unbelievable story in which the doctors in a mental hospital took a patient off of a clearly successful antipsychotic because it was making her fat when she had been soooo beautiful. As Twisty puts it, "in a patriarchy, a hot girl cannot be fat." Better that she be insane. They did eventually come around, but seem regretful, even though the patient is not at all upset by her new appearance. This makes me feel a bit ill.
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Let's not rush to judgment. It may not have been sexist notions of attractiveness that caused the psychiatrist's concern. The newer antipsychotics not only make people fat but stimulate glucose intolerance, the onset of diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and serious cardiovascular risk. There is a risk-benefit calculation to be made in each case. And I wonder what was meant by "clearly successful" prior treatment.
More of my reaction to the article, and to the "holy crap" response, here: http://theworld.com/~emg/2006_02_05_blog_archive.html#113963782881953466
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