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The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

Mad in America

The Radical CRPD The most radical element in the WHO’s 2021 document was its embrace of the 2008 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a governing principle for radical reform. Forced treatment should be understood as a gross violation of human rights and must end.

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Kids Are Not the Problem: An Interview With Gretchen LeFever Watson

Mad in America

She secured millions in federal funding to study the epidemiology of psychiatric drug use and to develop community-based strategies that reduce reliance on psychiatric labels and medicationsstrategies that also improved educational outcomes. Siem: What is a multidisciplinary assessment? Siem: Id love to end on a more positive note.

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On Not Becoming David Foster Wallace

Mad in America

Wallace hanged himself in 2008 after withdrawing from a long-term medication, experiencing unbearable withdrawal symptoms and finding himself unable to regain relief (such as it was) in his old medication or new ones prescribed to him. I learned only recently this has a name: akathisia. (An

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Find Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers Near You 

Clear Behavioral Health

They offer a space for continued education on life skills to sustain your sobriety and a community of support to carry with you back into your life. 2008, June 12). At Clear Behavioral Health we offer ongoing after-care beyond the completion of your treatment program. References: What types of alcohol treatment are available?

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

This wider net, along with improved education, training, and symptom recognition , particularly in historically overlooked girls and women, account for much of the diagnostic uptick, according to studies. Epub 2008 Nov 11. 7 Some studies suggest these habits may exacerbate inattention and impulsivity. years , on average. 2017.16060686.

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The Outer Workings of Interacting Minds

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

As memory structures aid future learning, such collective organization can guide former collaborators towards similar learning, with important implications for education and teams. At the same time, the individual also influences the group. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 41 (2), 559566. Barnier, A.

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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. 3) America has focused its mental illness awareness, education, and screening campaigns on children. So their educations, and chances for good careers, will suffer. 2008 Sep 25;2;26. So these downsides do matter.