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SOTRU Short: Soteria

SOTRU Short: Soteria

FromState of the Re:Union


SOTRU Short: Soteria

FromState of the Re:Union

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the 1970s, a prominent schizophrenia researcher named Dr. Loren Mosher noticed that the standard treatment in the hospital– medication, confinement– didn’t have good outcomes. People didn’t get better in the long-term. So he launched an experiment, to try out pretty much the exact opposite of that treatment in the hospital. He called it Soteria. VIEW PHOTOS AND MORE
Released:
Dec 17, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

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Free podcast of the award-winning public radio show State of the Re:Union. Each episode of SOTRU, host Al Letson travels to a new community to tell stories about the people who are doing extraordinary work to help each other, to engage their community, and to overcome obstacles. It's a unique way of storytelling that documents the new America. SOTRU is presented by WJCT, co-distributed by PRX and NPR. Because things fall apart, it's our job to bring them back together.