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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

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That rate has been increasing rapidly: “From 2006 to 2014, the number of serious ADEs reported to the FDA increased 2-fold… A previously published study… found that from 1998 to 2005, there was a 2.6-fold Like Rosie, I became so distressed that my father had me involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital.

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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

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Every time I was in the hospital, they always had a little flier that said, ‘Know your Rights.’ In a 2005 paper , Gottstein wrote that the “involuntary mental illness system operates largely illegally.” Somatics LLC marked a watershed moment for advocates who have fought for decades for ECT device manufacturer accountability.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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When the incident occurred, my panic-stricken mother told my father to take me to the hospital right away. Dr. Fulmer quickly pumped the drugs out of my stomach and told my father I would not have lived if he had tried to get me to the hospital. That was the statement made by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, the manufacturer of Adderall.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

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About twenty years ago in 2005, I was 22 years old and in severe distress. I made a few significant suicide attempts, broke my feet and legs, fractured my spine, and was hospitalized at San Francisco General Hospital and then Hartford Hospital. I also am involved in several activist and support groups online. Gardner, H.,