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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. I do know that I was also hospitalized in 2005, just as Hurricane Katrina was getting ready to make landfall. Truth be told, this self-awareness is the therapy provided by my system.

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Grief and Burnout: The Challenge of Staying Out of Psychiatry

Mad in America

I recorded it in 2005. That is the subjectivation I am keenly aware of and now capable of extricating myself and others out of. But I was also acutely aware of many things, responsible for many and aware of responding to my physical debility. When will they self-reflect on the nature of their care?

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The Power of Journaling: What Science Says About the Benefits for Mental Health and Well-Being

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Other research shows the benefits of journaling include: Improved emotional and physical health: Regular journaling enhances mood and emotional awareness and reduces stress levels (Baikie & Wilhelm, 2005). Give it a try and see how journaling can transform your mental and emotional well-being. Learn more at www.mirrorjournal.com.

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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 As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature. fold increase in the reports of fatal ADEs”.

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Interpersonal Caring as an Act of Resistance Among Socially Marginalized

Mad in America

Philips AIDS Center in a village near Anjar, Gujarat was established by Father Paul on 11 January 2005, after he lost his nephew Philip, 31 years old to AIDS. To imagine these people as having traversed these landscapes losing all their belongings and sense of self. NIGHT Night at Philip AIDS Center.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

Mad in America

And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. Raising awareness about depression, screening for it, and teaching that its common but underdiagnosed, at first glance seem like good things. So its particularly easy to get them to adopt an inferior self-image.

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RFK Jr. May Be Wrong on Many Medical Issues, But He’s Right About Antidepressants

Mad in America

On March 21, 2005, 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise went on a killing spree at two different placeson the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Red Lake , Minnesota. It is high time that more politicians, journalists, health officials, physicians, psychiatrists, and patients were made aware of this potentially lifesaving information.