Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2024

A review of four newer studies, from 2008 to 2011, estimated that there were over 400,000 drug deaths in US hospitals. As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. for those aged 70-79. drug deaths per 1000 patients (a 1% death rate).

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Mad in America

JANUARY 4, 2025

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). “The esteem held by our field in the age of modern medicine rests on the validity of our scientific pursuits.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I n the early 1960s, around the age of two, I experienced an accidental overdose. The incident occurred after one of my preschool-age siblings managed to use a kitchen chair to retrieve the tasty but very toxic medicine, open the bottle, and then give it to me believing the “candy medicine” would help their baby sister feel better.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 21, 2024

Beyond academia, he contributes significantly to public health policy as a member of the United Kingdom’s Department of Transport expert panel that introduced drug-driving regulations. Mark Horowitz is a clinical research fellow in psychiatry at the National Health Service (NHS) in London. That’s what happens.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

668 A WHO study of 640 depressed patients found that those treated with medication had worse general health and were more likely to still be mentally ill than those who weren’t treated at the end of one year. 119:24 Whitaker also mentioned the MTA trial ( see Chapter 9, Part Two ).

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