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Green Star Mother Demands Answers from VA Secretary

Mad in America

Then a small package arrived, which we opened—it was Cody’s new prescription for risperidone from Hines VA Hospital in Chicago. We were trying to put together the pieces, repeating over and over what everyone said: “But he just wouldn’t leave his girls.” We went down there and counted them.

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Our Medical System Protects Wrongdoers and Punishes Whistleblowers: An Interview with Carl Elliott

Mad in America

A young man named Dan Markingson was brought to our university’s teaching hospital in the throes of a psychotic episode. He was seen by the head of the schizophrenia program at the University of Minnesota, judged to be incompetent to consent to take neuroleptic drugs, and involuntarily committed to a locked unit in our hospital.

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Grief, Bereavement, Public Health, and Me

Mad in America

Bereaved persons have an increased risk of mortality, hospitalization, and clinical depression 0-6 months after a loss. The Minority Stress model is heavily employed in the LGBTQ+ health literature and continues to be developed and iterated upon ( Meyer, 2003 ). headaches, dizziness, indigestion, and chest pain), mental health (e.g.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

MPS Positions : MPS Member, APA Fellow Personal Statement : In clinical practice, I have worked in a number of different settings, including a hospital-based IOP, solo private practice, a managed care organization, and now a school-based OMHC and a non-public level V school serving students with Autism. in Biology.

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

Mad in America

In multiple studies linking childhood trauma to depression, The Truth About Depression (2003) reports that depression was from 1.6 fold for lifetime depressive disorders. times more common in individuals with a history of significant childhood trauma than in controls who did not report such trauma.

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Veterans & Substance Abuse

Solara Mental Health

Those injured during combat, hospitalized, or experienced trauma have a greater risk for increased drug or alcohol use. In 2003, substance abuse was related to over 45% of veteran suicide attempts. Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions Many Veterans with Substance Use Disorder often have a co-occurring mental health disorder.

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Are Antidepressants Weakening Women’s Bones?

Mad in America

This survey collects data on demographics, physical exams, clinical/laboratory tests, imaging results, and nutrition from non-hospitalized participants across the US every two years. This percentage peaked in 2003 at more than 62% of all prescriptions before falling to less than 52% between 2017 and 2020. between 2017 and 2020.