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Antipsychotics Lead to Worse Outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis

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This included 3714 adolescents ages 13-20 who received a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder between 2003 and 2013 and had never before taken antipsychotic drugs. Bergström and Gauffin used the Finnish National Health Registry to identify all those who met the study criteria.

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Placebo Effect—Not Antidepressants—Responsible for Depression Improvement

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The Current Study Back in 2003, the NIMH-sponsored Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) included 439 adolescents aged 12-17 who met DSM-IV criteria for depression. There were four treatment arms, including fluoxetine (Prozac) only; cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) only; fluoxetine and CBT; and placebo.

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Green Star Mother Demands Answers from VA Secretary

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The following is the letter I sent to the head of the VA: * * * March 11, 2024 Dear Secretary McDonough: Thank you for taking the time to read about the life and death of my son, Cody Camacho, who took his life on November 2, 2021 after close to 20 years of struggling with severe PTSD from his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-2004.

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In Defense of Open Dialogue Research

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Ethical Human Sciences and Services 2003; 5(3):163-182. . ↩ Seikkula J, Alakare B, Aal­tonen J, Holma J, Rasinkangas A, & Lehtinen V. Open Dialogue approach: Treatment principles and preliminary results of a two-year follow-up on first episode schizophrenia.

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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. 697 One of the chapters in my book about organised crime in the drug industry was “Psychiatry, the Drug Industry’s Paradise”.

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Grief, Bereavement, Public Health, and Me

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The Minority Stress model is heavily employed in the LGBTQ+ health literature and continues to be developed and iterated upon ( Meyer, 2003 ). Minority Stress seeks to understand how anticipated, perceived, and experienced victimization negatively impact the health of persons, driving health disparities and poor health outcomes.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

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in Biology. From there, I moved down to New Orleans to attend medical school at the Tulane University School of Medicine in Louisiana. My experiences during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were formative and lead me to a career in Psychiatry.