Is there a method to such madness? This mental disorder affects roughly 1 percent of Americans, but it’s rarely treated like a physical ailment — something Australia, Europe and Canada have done successfully with early diagnosis and treatment — in U.S. clinics.
Cheap but debilitating doses of anti-psychotics are preferred by American health providers, even when a more effective regimen of low-dose medication plus psychotherapy has been proven more effective. Following 2012’s Sandy Hook massacre, Congress finally allocated $25 million for early intervention efforts, but experts say it’s still not nearly enough.
