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May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem

Mad in America

Siem: This was in 2001 and the timing is important for context as the world was a little different then. So I just thought that maybe I needed to change pharmaceuticals, not change who I was and my perspective. I think radical acceptance and radical self-awareness go hand in hand.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

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And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. Raising awareness about depression, screening for it, and teaching that its common but underdiagnosed, at first glance seem like good things. So its particularly easy to get them to adopt an inferior self-image.