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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 5)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In marketing the “research,” I believe Paxil became GSK’s top selling drug with sales of $340 million by the end of 2001. Recently, in browsing the internet on healthcare blogs, I came across one on the very timely topic of the increasing suicide rate. with drugs and 30.9%

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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

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The author, Erik Rudi, voluntarily relinquishes the authority of being a “psychologist” and “healthcare professional.” I cure nothing It is not particularly controversial to say that I personally am not your doctor or healthcare provider. Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in Norway.

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

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As a last resort, I underwent experimental psychosurgery in September 2001 (bilateral anterior cingulotomy). We were not given any advice or support from healthcare services to help our family adjust to this enormous change in our circumstances.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Those who see healthcare going down the tubes get indignant about these adverts, saying all would be fine if there were no free lunches and doctors were guided by the evidence.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

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In 1990-92, 12% of the US population aged 18–54 years received treatment for emotional problems, which went up to 20% in 2001–2003. In evidence-based healthcare, we do not use interventions that do more harm than good, which psychiatry does. They are not medical diseases. Consider involving recovery mentors who have lived experience.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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In The Great Psychotherapy Debate (2001), Bruce Wampold notes that while therapists tend to believe their therapy techniques—such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—are significant, patients believe having someone who understands them and is interested in them is most important.

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Faith Healing in India: An Ancient Way of Tending to Madness

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However, on August 6, 2001, a fire tore through a makeshift faith-based mental home—a type of paid accommodation prevalent in Erwadi—where families could stay with their mentally ill relatives. lakhs on healthcare,” she explained. “We spent Rs 3.5 “I felt like a failure,” she admitted.