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Observational Studies Confirm Trial Results That Antidepressants Double Suicides

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One would have thought that suicide is a hard endpoint and that we can believe analyses carried out by drug regulators based on the clinical study reports the manufacturers have submitted to them, but this is not so. New York: Springer; 2008. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2017;20:281-4. 14 Breggin PR. 15 Whitaker R. Mad in America.

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From the Dopamine Theory to the Outcomes Paradox

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Data for 2008–19 ( Lancet ) Loosely, one can see here some correlation between recorded levels of disability from ‘schizophrenia’ in the first map, and the levels of use of psychotropic ‘medicines’ shown underneath. China, obviously, has its own large manufacturing capacity. This is most likely under-reporting.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

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2025; Murphy, 2021; Neugebauer, 2024; Oppenheim, 2022; Oprison, 2021; Roche, 2016; Rogers, 2021; Simonson, 2020; Singh, 2016; Smith, 2008; Stence & Stence, 2022; Tenney, 2016). Electroconvulsive Therapy, Manufacturers Liability, and Learned Intermediaries. 2008, March 20). 2018; Life After ECT Inc., 2022, June 19).

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

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But the person prescribing them (or manufacturing them) has a different problem to solve: explaining why I should still trust them to guide me to wellness. A 2008 paper pulled together 74 studies for the twelve leading antidepressants. Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disorder. 2008) Turner, Erick, et al.