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ArticleSalud colectiva2024

[Experiences and subjective transformations: suffering and coercion in the use of psychotropic drugs in psychiatric treatment in Chile].

Manuel Alejandro Castro

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Article in Salud colectiva, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Manuel Alejandro CastroDoctor en Sociología. Académico, Departamento de Trabajo Social, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-2141-7273

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of psychotropic drug use on individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and severe depression in Chile. Using a qualitative narrative approach, the experiences of 25 patients from 2018 to 2021 are examined. Participants describe how these medications, while effective in symptom control, generate psychological suffering and a sense of coercion in daily life. The results reveal that prolonged use of psychotropic drugs leads to significant side effects, including physical, cognitive, and social deterioration, as well as a persistent sense of dependence on these medications. Furthermore, the article critiques the medicalization of mental disorders within modern psychiatry, where the biomedical approach predominates, reducing human distress to a neurochemical problem and disregarding social factors. The study concludes that while psychotropic drugs can stabilize patients, they also perpetuate forms of control and suffering.

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Bipolar DisorderCoercionPsychotropic DrugsSchizophreniaAdultChileFemaleHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchYoung AdultPsychotropic DrugsChileMental HealthMental Health AssistancePsychiatryPsychotropic Drugs

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PMID39709517
PMCPMC11925739

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