NYT article on schizophrenia and recent RFK Jr statements

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I find it interesting that the writer does not delve deeper into the possibility of a keto-schizophrenia connection. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/opinion/kennedy-mental-illness.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.q3ol.7tJtBJYt09da&smid=url-share

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Thanks for the article, I was appalled that such horribly irresponsible and dangerous info was touted by RFK. Obviously he has never seen anyone in psychosis or had to deal with anyone with schizophrenia. Putting more stigma on the already stigmatized illness is a slap in the face to the loved ones and those dealing with this very serious illnes that needs immediate and ongoing medical care.

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“Obviously he has never seen anyone in psychosis or had to deal with anyone with schizophrenia.” This goes for most of the ruling class and people in authority that have to make decisions affecting policy and legislation about mental illness. I don’t know what they think mental illness is but they obviously don’t get it. It’s not like a bad knee or a broken wrist. Many people that are at grave risk from mental illness are not helped because it would “violate their rights” or whatever.

I can relate. When Billy was first diagnosed, I could not even accept it. It was inconceivable to me that someone could lose control of their mind, even briefly. I was young, with strong body and mind. I could not relate. I had a whole lot to learn. I found the claim that Billy actually thought he was Hitler to be way beyond anything remotely believable. He’s faking it! That’s just impossible!

When Billy went into hospice, they wanted to discharge him the same day. The nursing home was just not equipped to handle someone like him. I had several conferences with them, and impressed upon them how important it was to keep him on his meds. I told them to “dope him up” (the words I used) a half hour before any activities or when they had to deal with him and things would go a lot easier for them. After a few days of this, he became much more pleasant and I dare say there were moments of lucidity I hadn’t seen in him since he was 16. I was able to have conversations with him without him devolving into screaming and spitting. I realized he had been lying to me about keeping his meds up over the decades; he did take them but not regularly. Had there been someone to compel him to take them, I say his life (and mine!) would have been a whole lot better.

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As far as JFK is concerned, mental illness runs in the Kennedy family. Rosemary Kennedy, President JFK’s sister, was a “problem” child that spent much of her life institutionalized. She received a botched lobotomy in 1941 which left her incapacitated.

I think JFK Jr. is “on the spectrum” somewhere and I know he’s a crank and a quack. It’s all in the family.