Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A legal guardian and conservator have hijacked her father’s life and estate and she cannot get him out. My friend, who I will call Lilly to protect her and her family, is amidst a legal battle with her sibling and a cabal of lawyers over the legal guardianship and conservatorship of her 74-year-old father, though he can still make decisions.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The authors refused to withdraw the article, which resulted in a five-month battle where they needed legal assistance from their university and from Germany where the publisher is located. 28] They referred to a meta-analysis by Gibbons from 2012. 51] Can anything be worse than this in healthcare? This taboo kills people.

Aging and mental health 145

Aging and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health Insurance 145

Mad in America

MARCH 20, 2024

Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, her research addresses the ethical and medical-legal issues that arise in organized psychiatry because of academic-industry relationships. One is on conflicts of interest in medicine broadly, looking at influential information sources that are used by physicians and other healthcare providers.

Genetics and mental health 143

Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Self-awareness Legal 143

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Whether drugs are legal or illegal, it is unhealthy to perturb brain functions with them. 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. They are not medical diseases.

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