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The Great Grey Beast

Mad in America

But in March 2001, things went sideways and I heard the growl of the beast, felt its shadow eclipsing me once again. I was emancipated on September 4th, 2001, two days after my eighteenth Hatching Day. I killed Dr. Robert Schwartz on December 8th, 2001 and was arrested for it on December 12th. Ninety-nine days.

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People Not Professionals

Mad in America

An answer can be found in the seminal paper ‘Peer Support: A Theoretical Perspective’ (2001) by Shery Mead, David Hilton and Laurie Curtis, where they define peer support as ‘a system of giving and receiving help founded on key principles of respect, shared responsibility, and mutual agreement of what is helpful.’

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Discovering what psychiatry’s really like

Critical Psychiatry

My original idea was that the presentation Foudraine gave at a 2001 Critical Psychiatry Network conference , which I organised, would be included as a chapter in my book. However, I never received his consent, so it did not appear in the the published version.

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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

Mad in America

The introduction of the health enterprise model in 2001 gave economists and bureaucrats the mandate to override health professionals’ arguments from a cost/benefit perspective, which effectively transforms health personnel from professional service actors to gatekeepers for resources and rights.

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Researchers track sharp increase in diagnoses for sedative, hypnotic and anxiety use disorder in young adults

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

The prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic and anti-anxiety medications in adolescents and young adults has increased sharply since 2001, according to researchers. Their study examined diagnoses of these disorders in adolescents and young adults between 2001 to 2019.

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Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What I’ve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and Patient

Mad in America

As a last resort, I underwent experimental psychosurgery in September 2001 (bilateral anterior cingulotomy). Ironically, in 2001, having survived through that first nightmare experience as a psychiatric patient, I considered changing my career path to psychiatry because I wanted to help people like me.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

From 2001 to 2008, I was hospitalized for mania at a rate of almost once per year (7 times in 8 years)—including one month-long hospitalization. Whereas from 2001 to 2008 I was hospitalized at a rate of almost once per year, from 2008 to 2013, I was hospitalized only once every three years.