Click Here to Read: “Daring to Think Differently about Schizophrenia” by Alex Berenson in the Business section of the New York Times, February 4th, 2008.
The following is a letter by Susan Jaffe responding to this article in The Business section of the New York Times on March 2nd, 2008.
On Schizophrenia
To the Editor:
Re “Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia” (Feb. 24), which described new possible medication in battling the disorder:
As a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, I know that there is no magic bullet for the treatment of schizophrenia, or for any mental illness, for that matter. But a focus on serotonin has been a boon financially, but more important medically, in treating some kinds of depression. Hopefully, the research on glutamate will do the same to lessen the worst symptoms of schizophrenia. Let’s hope for the people who suffer from this terrible illness that we can find a medication that will stay its most debilitating and sometimes tragic effects.
Susan Jaffe, M.D.
Manhattan, Feb. 24
The writer is chairwoman of the committee on public information of the American Psychoanalytic Association.