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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

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It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. 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. If the system says I am a 6.8

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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

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But I give you access to my professional perspectives and reflections, in the hope and belief that you will be able to use them for increased self-awareness and personal growth. I don’t change the way you think. I am not seeking a cure for cognitive or emotional disorders.

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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

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Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. ” Yet, all the elements describing that cursed disorder, except for the tendency to engage in random fights with strangers, appeared to mirror my own self. It was a wholly unfamiliar dynamic they had never encountered before.

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Conservatorship: The Racket That Ruined My Father’s Last Years

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They believed in the Declaration of Independence, which held “these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” — otherwise known as the American dream. My mother passed away in 2001.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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Taking the two studies together, adverse events definitely predisposing to violence against self or others leading to discontinuation occurred in 11 versus 3 children. One of the strongest precursors for violence against self or others is akathisia. Forest’s internal documents showed that company staff were aware of the problems.

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

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Siem: This was in 2001 and the timing is important for context as the world was a little different then. I think radical acceptance and radical self-awareness go hand in hand. But speaking it out loud defused it and I think that’s when the radical acceptance and the radical self-awareness had to come along.

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

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Critical Thinking: Ironically, while a denial of painful realities can cause problems, an awareness of painful realities can fuel depression and anxiety. This shut down can result in complete immobilization or a fear of such immobilization, both of which are psychologically painful, and this can result in the pain of self-loathing and shame.