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Involuntary Care Doesn’t Work. What BC Should Do Instead

Mad in America

In 2005, there were about 12,000 involuntary admissions under B.C.’s Instead, resources should be focused on voluntary mental health care, services and community support that people desperately need and often cannot access.” From The Tyee : “A common misconception is that B.C. s Mental Health Act.

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Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Clinician’s Middle View

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Suppose exercise is constrained by co-morbidities; and behavioral activation is unrealistic due to life circumstances; and peer and community support is limited; and fish oil is not regarded as a sufficiently robust intervention. No single number accurately presents the whole picture of withdrawal.