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Conservatorship: The Racket That Ruined My Father’s Last Years

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Unfortunately, this phrase is not legally binding. They could not have known — so few people do — that a system of legalized theft exists that would toss aside their plans and siphon off much of their money. When my father was diagnosed with dementia in 2010, I assumed the role of Successor Trustee, per the trust documents.

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Leaving Biological Psychiatry Behind: An Interview With Rodrigo Nardi

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degree in 2010, and in 2016, he completed his psychiatry residency at Penn State. I said to myself, “If I can develop a way to work that brings me more satisfaction, if I can develop a paradigm that can survive considering the legalities, I think my life is going to be better.” However, learn the legalities. He obtained his M.D.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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Ed Pigott and his co-researchers published an analysis in 2010 that showed of the 4,041 patients who entered the study, only 108 remitted, stayed well, and remained in the study to its one-year end. In evaluating any drug treatment, scientists also examine whether its benefits outweigh its adverse effects.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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Department of Justice, the Journal’s editorial team undertook a thorough evaluation of the article, the legal settlement, and related materials. In 2012, the editor-in-chief of JAACAP , Andrés Martin, wrote to Jureidini: “Following the June 27, 2012 settlement between GlaxoSmithKline and the U.S.

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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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In a 2010 paper , Pigott and colleagues also made sense of the graphic representing the one-year results. Mad in Americas review of Pigotts 2010 paper was titled: “The STAR*D Scandal: A New Paper Sums It All Up. Instead, they had made up this post hoc accusation in an effort to impugn the credibility of Pigott and colleagues.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

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Dr. Healey was an expert witness on several legal actions against drug companies in which people had committed homicide or suicide while taking SSRI ADMs. 12a studied changes in suicide rates between the years 2000 to 2010, which showed a 16% increase. Baker et al.

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You Have the Legal Right to Informed Consent

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I didn’t know that I had the legal right to informed consent when I was first prescribed the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant Paxil two decades ago. I received an absolute discharge from the Ontario Review Board in December 2009, and have been off psychiatric drugs since September 2010.

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