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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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He started college in 2004, so this would have been 2005 or 2006. was given a slap on the wristjust had to take some continuing education coursesand hes still practicing today. A smart, talented, well-educated young man who started taking Adderall in college, became addicted and lost his life because of it. Its an amphetamine.

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Despite Safety Risks, Prescribers Receive Little Guidance of Monitoring Antipsychotic Clozapine

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They conducted a review of current guidelines that met the criteria of being peer-reviewed guidelines published after 2004 in English, Dutch, or French, that were centered on monitoring major adverse effects and included evidence-based recommendations.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

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While the researcher had just completed his academic training to become a psychiatrist, he received no education at all on the withdrawal issues facing him, as well as more than 1 in 6 patients prescribed antidepressants. Nearly half said they believed they were trapped on the antidepressant drugs they were prescribed.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

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14 Many psychologists do not realise that they have a great advantage over psychiatrists, which is that they are educated with the aim of understanding the patients where they are and helping them with psychotherapy and other forms of support. Psychiatrists should be re-educated so that they can function as psychologists.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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The 2004 national South Africa Stress and Health study , the first large-scale research project of its kind in the country, found the lifetime prevalence of any DSM mental health diagnosis to be 30.3%. It was also conducted in English, only one of South Africas 12 languages. Limited treatment options compound the issue.

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Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told the Truth?

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However, the creation of a “Prozac Nation” might not have been successful without the help of the NIMH, which launched an “educational campaign” at that time designed to change the public’s understanding of depression. The results , which Rush reported in 2004 , were dispiriting. Show 2 footnotes D.

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

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” Dad had met her at a grief group in February 2004. We need a movement to educate people about the harms. While going through his checkbooks, I became aware that he was regularly giving large sums of money to Lilo Kruger, his “lady friend.” Within three weeks, he had given her a check for $700. It needs to happen.

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