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Drug-free in Norway

Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?

Warning: some listeners might find these stories disturbing.

Warning: Some listeners might find these stories disturbing.

Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment? In a challenge to the foundations of western psychiatry, a handful of Norway鈥檚 mental health facilities are offering medication-free treatment to people with serious psychiatric conditions. But five years after the scheme began it is still being questioned by the health establishment. For Assignment, Lucy Proctor hears the testimony of Norwegian psychiatric patients, and the doctors who have aligned themselves on either side of the debate. Why is this happening in Norway? And how much power should people with debilitating psychosis have over their own lives?

Presenter: Lucy Proctor
Producer: Linda Pressly

(Image: Artwork depicting a young woman, with her head in her hands. Credit: Malin Rossi)

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27 minutes

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Sun 21 Feb 2021 12:32GMT

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  • Thu 18 Feb 2021 04:06GMT
  • Thu 18 Feb 2021 09:06GMT
  • Thu 18 Feb 2021 13:32GMT
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  • Sun 21 Feb 2021 12:32GMT

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