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Irish Open Dialogue Shut Down—Despite Expert Report Stating It Should Be Scaled Up

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As a therapeutic approach, Open Dialogue places the person at the centre of their recovery, mirroring the values and principles of a recovery-oriented model of healthcare. The Southern Star newspaper also quoted a healthcare professional, who was one of the founders of the service. “It

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Elder Eyes Wide Shut

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Mickey Rooney produced a documentary on elder guardianship and exploitation in 2012 called Last Will and Embezzlement. I went into research mode. I found several documentaries and news stories attempting to blow the whistle. Headlines pick up the Wendy Williams conservatorship daily. The #FreeBritney Campaign was a viral sensation.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

28] They referred to a meta-analysis by Gibbons from 2012. While going through a divorce in 2012, she was prescribed escitalopram (Cipralex or Lexapro, from Lundbeck) even though she was not depressed, only distressed. 51] Can anything be worse than this in healthcare? This taboo kills people.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

Mad in America

One is on conflicts of interest in medicine broadly, looking at influential information sources that are used by physicians and other healthcare providers. Then, a year before the DSM-5 came out in 2012, we published a study looking at the conflicts of interest and, at that point, the APA did institute a conflict of interest policy.

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

Mad in America

In 2012, the US Centers for Disease Control reported that 25% of Americans have a mental illness. In evidence-based healthcare, we do not use interventions that do more harm than good, which psychiatry does. 699 We must put an end to this insanity in a profession that is supposed to take care of the insane.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

In 2000, JAMA reported the US yearly estimated iatrogenic deaths: 12,000 caused by unnecessary surgeries; 27,000 caused by medication errors and other errors in hospitals; 80,000 hospital/healthcare facility acquired infections; and 106,000 “non-error” adverse effects of medication.

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

2012 Jan;51(1):86-97.e8. Schoevers, Prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in substance use disorder patients: A meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis, Drug and Alcohol Dependence , Volume 122, Issues 12, 2012, Pages 11-19, ISSN 0376-8716, [link] 21 Nazar BP, Bernardes C, Peachey G, Sergeant J, Mattos P, Treasure J.