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Today, a quarter of the population consumes psychotropic drugs. Sick leave due to mental illness does not decrease, but increases. Pharmaceutical companies continue to produce old and new medicines non-stop, which psychiatrists prescribe, also non-stop.
My experience of the family has not been a good one. Whilst on the surface things appear relatively happy, in private there is an emotional void where there should be a meaningful family bond.
Real progress has been made on behalf of those rejected and forgotten about through the establishment of self-help groups where we make time for each other and attentive listening is paramount.
In the article, the author reports and contextualizes the exaggerated use of psychotropic drugs in CPR (Center of permanence for repatriation), highlighting how this widespread practice is in reality only the tip of the iceberg of a much broader phenomenon, characterized by the disregard of the psychophysical, cultural and social aspects of the health of immigrants in general.
"Despite this frenzy of medicine, I haven't gotten rid of my psychotic symptoms, my depression has been found to be treatment-resistant and chronic, and I still don't sleep well."