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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. He started working with me at the shop, and I tried to put him on my insurance. Thats when my agent told me,We cant write your insurance because your son is on Vyvanse. I put a lot of blame on insurance companies, too. Siem: Around 2005 or 2006?

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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%. Without health insurance, known locally as medical aid, people living in South Africa are only guaranteed care for serious mental illness.

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

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However, in 2004, the New York attorney general filed a consumer fraud action and collected $2.5 and the latter reanalysis appeared in a British journal, BMJ, 10 as noted above. Many involved in the fraudulent original study should have gone to prison, but I don’t think any were even charged with a crime. million in fines from GSK.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

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In Australia, the economic cost has been particularly damaging to the life insurance industry who often pick up the cost of income protection for workers who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder.