Mad in America

MARCH 5, 2025

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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Mad in America

JANUARY 25, 2025

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%. Where treatment is available, pharmaceutical interventions are often all thats on offer. No, she says. Theres nobody there.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Similar trends can be found in many western countries where similar political and business influences, including huge advertising and promotional budgets from pharmaceutical companies, are in place. A focus on depression in Australia corresponded with similar campaigns in the US and the UK in the 1980s and 1990s.

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