I would disagree that the parent was just sensationalizing, they implied malice and thought-control by the "evil" doctors. There's no hidden agenda, no conspiracy. We don't know the illness well enough and the treatments are nasty. But the doctors are doing what they can to help people, and like you said, it does help. And the psychiatrists always try to lower the dosage to a minimum to avoid the terrible side-effects. From what I've seen haldol and leponex are nothing short of miracle drugs, they worked when all else failed. The disease is dehumanizing, not the treatment.