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Debate if the benefits of medication outweigh the side-effects.
Book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey pp. 176 – 181
Article: “Mental Health Medications”
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Short Discussion or Writing:
Read the following quote from the chapter:
“Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”
Take into account the context of the chapter, the article, and your own knowledge. Do the benefits outweigh the side-effects of medication? Who should get to decide what is best, the patient or the doctor? Why?
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The excerpt from the novel today is short, so consider having students read all or part of the NIMH article on Mental Health medications in order to better inform their debate.
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