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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). “T he only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” said Edmund Burke. It is how and why the tyrants prevail. So what, you may ask, has this to do with the psychiatric paradigm of today?

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Peaceful Reflections on the Past from ‘One Who Got Away’

Mad in America

‘C hairman Mao’ greeted me gently from the back of a small Chinese ‘bread van’, a simple but practical vehicle found all over China in June 2001. I presume some events are just too traumatising for a human being to retain in memory and that day had not been a good one. Perhaps broken open a bit, but in a good way.

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

Mad in America

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

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

Mad in America

In marketing the “research,” I believe Paxil became GSK’s top selling drug with sales of $340 million by the end of 2001. In marketing the “research,” I believe Paxil became GSK’s top selling drug with sales of $340 million by the end of 2001. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. Y ou bet it is!

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Alcohol Detox and Withdrawal: Symptoms and Treatments 

Clear Behavioral Health

Your entire body and brain are changing. Normally, when you excessively drink alcohol, your brain chemistry becomes unbalanced. Normally, when you excessively drink alcohol, your brain chemistry becomes unbalanced. When feeling more confident about the detox process, you make the right choice for your health and future.