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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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was given a slap on the wristjust had to take some continuing education coursesand hes still practicing today. In Alan Schwarzs article, he mentioned that from 2007 to 2011, prescriptions for Adderall increased by 250%from 14 million prescriptions to significantly more. That first doctor had areputation. million Adderall prescriptions.

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Despite Safety Risks, Prescribers Receive Little Guidance of Monitoring Antipsychotic Clozapine

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Surprisingly, only one guideline, published in Australia in 2007, met the criteria established by the authors. They also recommend educating patients on the potential adverse effects of clozapine so they can feel empowered to make informed decisions about their treatment.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Three)

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639 Psychiatrists are also “educated” with industry’s hospitality more often than any other specialty. A 2007 paper surveying US department chairs of medicine and psychiatry reported that 67% of them had received “discretionary funds” from industry within the last year.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

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Illich notes: “Industrial parents, forced to procreate manpower for a world into which nobody fits who has not been crushed and molded by sixteen years of formal education, feel impotent to care personally for their offspring and, in despair, shower them with medicine.”

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Dismissing the “Human Experience”: College Students Feel Unseen by the Medical Model of Mental Health

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For example, a 2023 study reported that 46 percent of college students had been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives, while a 2017 study found that use of psychiatric treatment had nearly doubled in college students since 2007, rising from 19 to 34 percent.

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The American Journal of Psychiatry’s Answer to MIA: A Silence that Speaks Volumes

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” It established its own press to publish books that would “provide much public education about the profession.” It created a division of publications and marketing to “deepen the medical identification of psychiatrists.”

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Current Positions : Serving third term on the MPS Council, Co-Chair of MPS Legislative Committee, Corresponding Member of the APA Council for Medical Education and Lifelong Learning. Dr. Young is passionate about patient advocacy, reducing stigma, and medical education. Council (2-year term, four vacancies) Traci Speed, M.D.