How are mental illnesses treated in your country?
While most mental health patients are treated with antidepressants, alternative approaches are gaining traction for the one-third who don’t respond to these medications. In Switzerland, more are being referred to electrical therapies or psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
Are there similar approaches where you live?
Or are there other alternative treatment methods in your region to treat depression and other mental health diseases?
Do you have any personal experiences with this issue that you would like to share but not in a public forum? Write to me at aylin.elci@swissinfo.ch
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Magnetic TMS and ultrasound are rare. At Zucker Hillside the head nurse shut off the phone when I was reporting a 19 year old had been raped and they stabbed me with a haldol needle to the neck. We need a referendum like the Swiss had on respecting bodily autonomy in the half of states that have ballot initiatives.
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