Schizophrenia

...ba href=/schizophrenia/a/b.com ) My perspective is that at least for the schizophrenic segment of this population the cost would be a modest amount using the technology of Risperdal Consta.

Government and the public keep talking about solving the homeless problem.

Ironically Risperdal Consta could solve the problem of schizophrenic homelessness without the bureaucracy or medical personnel.

Without Risperdal Consta the government could spend many millions dollars treating homeless schizophrenics making any impact whatsoever.

Austin Mardon, Ph.D.

a schizophrenic for 13 years has been on a medical study where he is receiving an atypical neuroleptic in an experiment for over three months says, “I have noticed a world of difference.

It is like I am a new man!

How many 1,900 homeless schizophrenics in Alberta could be saved from the nightmare of psychosis by getting this new drug?

” -30- Contact: Austin Albert Mardon, Ph.D.

Telephone 780-378-0063 Email:amardon@shaw.ca Backrounder A cost effective way of treating the homeless schizophrenic population in Edmonton & Alberta.

There are approximately 600 homeless schizophrenics in Edmonton, 1,900 homeless schizophrenics in Alberta & 19,000 homeless schizophrenics in Canada!

(06% of the population are homeless schizophrenics.

Source: www.ba href=/schizophrenia/a/b.com ) My perspective is that at least for the schizophrenic segment of this population the cost would be a modest amount using the technology of Risperdal Consta.

If the average dose of Risperd...

...ba href=/schizophrenia/a/b and related disorders is important because the problem often leads to poor medication compliance, the report indicates.

In the present placebo-controlled crossover study, Dr.

Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, from the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, and colleagues assessed the effects of sildenafil in 32 married men with antipsychotic-induced ED.

Sildenafil use was associated with significant improvements in the number of adequate erections, satisfaction with sexual intercourse, and the duration of erections.

Further analysis showed that sildenafil use more than tripled the odds of achieving adequate erections and satisfactory sexual intercourse.

Treatment with sildenafil was well tolerated, was not associated with any serious side effects, and did not lead to any study discontinuations, the report indicates.

Nasal stuffiness and headaches were the most common side effects.

"These findings are similar to those reported from earlier studies with sildenafil in erectile dysfunction of mixed etiology as well as organic causation, such as diabetes and spinal cord injury," the authors note.

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...ba href=/schizophrenia/a/b and other disorders are at a disadvantage, advocates say.

They lack understanding of their illness and the legal system.

Many can't speak for themselves.

Nor can many afford a lawyer, since the vast majority of people with mental illness are poor.

They lack the wherewithal to cop a plea bargain and cut themselves a break.

According to the U.S.

Department of Justice, nearly 16 percent of the nation's incarcerated population is mentally ill, and 53 percent of the inmates with severe mental illness have been convicted of violent crimes, versus 46 percent for all other inmates.

Those with mental illness serve longer sentences than people with comparable rap sheets, said Ron Honberg, director for policy and legal affairs for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

"There's no doubt that mental illness works against them in the criminal process," Honberg said.

The issue of medication is complicating the process, Honberg said.

Lucas Schloming didn't take his.

Instead of focusing on improving his situation, he obsessed over what got him into trouble.

"He is a brilliant, potentially high-functioning person who has gotten totally derailed by his persistent and worsening medication non-compliance," his father says.

Schloming knew his son was sick.

He was off his medication for long periods of time, and he wasn't regularly meeting with mental health professionals.

He knew his son had feelings for Lauren Bush.

But he never considered him a threat.

"He has never shown any ho...