Tony Stanton – Loss of Curiosity in Mental Health Treatment

Psychiatrist Tony Stanton was part of the team at Seneca Center, a residential treatment center in California for “end of the road” children. They treated over 450 children in 23 years. In every case they were able to get the children off their meds and saw improvements in every child by offering safety, predictability and engaged relationships. As Tony mentions, with the trend towards the medical model that we see in psychiatry today, we have lost the curiosity to really figure out the circumstances of a person’s life.