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Beyond Pharmacare

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Following doctor’s orders, I had obediently swallowed Seroquel (quetiapine) that night, a so-called ‘antipsychotic’ medication used to treat mental illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and, off-label, dementia, autism, eating disorders, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

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I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. My highest mood score came on the day in 2009 when my only child was born. Around the 2016 hospitalization my diagnosis was elevated to schizoaffective disorder and I was placed on everyday Zyprexa. The tracking system I use does the same thing for my moods.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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” Psychiatric Services 60 (2009):1439-1445. As our society embraced the use of SSRI antidepressants, disability due to affective disorders dramatically increased. Source: Gaynes, et al. “What Did STAR*D Teach Us? Results from a Large-scale, Practical, Clinical Trial for Patients with Depression.”

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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In 2009, the New England Journal of Misinformation made clear that ensuring the integrity of published data is not their brief. If you buy the idea your suicidality on an SSRI is evidence of a bipolar disorder, or your loss of libido, darling, is your depression, you and your doctor become more spell-bound.

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

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The contents of most medicine cabinets in the US have changed a lot since the days of “candy aspirin” poisoning, with more drugs being prescribed to kids: In 2009, children became the leading growth demographic in the pharmaceutical industry. which questioned the rising cases of young children diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

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

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But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. Preventive Services Taskforce also helped Big Pharma, by telling doctors to screen for depression in 2009 10. Harris, G Drug Makers Are Advocacy Groups Biggest Donors, The New York Times, Oct 21, 2009.

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

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As Whitaker noted, the research literature shows that psychosis pills and depression pills increase the chronicity of the disorders, and the same is true for stimulants, benzodiazepines, and drugs used for bipolar disorder. 650 None of this history is found in Insel’s book or on NIMH’s website.