Mad in America
MARCH 5, 2025
I hope that by telling it, I can help others find a better way to manage their own healthcare, diagnoses, and whatever medications they may or may not choose to take. He died in November 2011. No lettersbefore or after my name. Im a parent advocate, sharing my sons story because hes not here to tell it himself. So, two years.
Doctors In Distress Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2024
In 2017, a lovely doctor friend set up a movement called, Permitted to Pause encouraging doctors, nurses and healthcare workers to find and share ways of maintaining balance in their caring profession. Thats 4 healthcare workers every week. To be clear, I am acutely aware that it takes a certain kind of person to become a doctor.
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Mad in America
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
In evaluating any drug treatment, scientists also examine whether its benefits outweigh its adverse effects. In antidepressant studies, depression remission is routinely reported for 25% to 35% of the subjects.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
In 2011, a study published in Current Women’s Health Reviews recommended that breastfeeding mothers avoid using Prozac and Celexa due to higher infant plasma levels than other antidepressants and the possible adverse effects on infants.
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
2011 Jul;15(5):403-11. Treatment recommendations for healthcare providers. PMID : 20829149; PMCID: PMC3002184. 15 Howard AL, Robinson M, Smith GJ, Ambrosini GL, Piek JP, Oddy WH. ADHD is associated with a “Western” dietary pattern in adolescents. J Atten Disord. doi: 10.1177/1087054710365990. Epub 2010 Jul 14.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
But across the country, the towering influence of corporate culture—mass production, mass marketing, mass consumerism, and profit-driven healthcare—has eroded our Main Street America culture and negatively impacted many aspects of our society, including consumer behaviors and the drugs we purchase at our doctors’ recommendation.
Mad in America
AUGUST 5, 2024
This hunt for medical confirmation tends to be accompanied by a consumerist perspective on healthcare which sees the acquisition of the desired diagnosis as a right, not an expert opinion that may or may not be deemed applicable in a given case. The consequences for assessment and therapy were described in Part 3. London: Allen Lane.
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