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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

Mad in America

Siem: The New York Times published a major article on February 2, 2013, detailing Richards story. Ill never forget when he called me and said, “Ive never done this with anyone Ive written about, but I have to tell youyour sons story is being released tomorrow, February 2, 2013. He was totally different.

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Youth Antipsychotic Use Linked to Increased Risk of Death within Five Years

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The study included Medicaid data on 2,067,507 patients aged 5-24 years old who first started a psychiatric drug between 2004 to 2013. The patients were followed for five years, until 2013, until they stopped taking antipsychotics for at least a year, or until they were 25.

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Hedda Bolgar, PhD (1909–2013): Psychologist and Psychoanalyst

Anxiety & Depression Association of America

As part of Women's Health Month, ADAA's Women Mental Health SIG presents a series of blogs and videos showcasing women trailblazers in the mental health sector.

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Self Stolen: How ECT Fried My Brain

Mad in America

Even though I had an A average in college at Colorado State University, I dropped out of CSU in 2013, and having tried over 20 different antidepressants and mood stabilizers since 2011, ECT was recommended to me. I was told that only temporary, minor memory loss was possible, in rare cases, before starting ECT in 2013.

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“Functional Disorders”: One of Medicine’s Biggest Failures | Marion Brown

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”’ Article → Back to Around the Web The post “Functional Disorders”: One of Medicine’s Biggest Failures | Marion Brown appeared first on Mad In America.

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TIFT #119: How Important is Insight?

How Psychiatry Works

Then I read an article by Tim Marsh and Simon Boag (2013) that took a truly humble point of view. Maybe this is a bit subtle, but as I have been working on the new book, “How Psychotherapy Works: Navigating the Therapeutic Space with Confidence,” I have found myself being tentative as I assert that the Inner Mind is purposeful.

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Desperate Measures: Ghaemi’s Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention

Mad in America

The main evidence cited to support this belief came from a meta-analysis published in 2013, which had excluded a large proportion of trials due to the fact that no suicides had occurred in them ( Cipriani et al, 2013 ). If lithium does prevent suicide, a preventive effect on suicide attempts should be seen, too, and it is not.