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

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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. Siem: The New York Times published a major article on February 2, 2013, detailing Richards story. No lettersbefore or after my name. He was totally different.

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Antipsychotics Lead to Worse Outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis

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This included 3714 adolescents ages 13-20 who received a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder between 2003 and 2013 and had never before taken antipsychotic drugs. The researchers note that these services are provided to the entire population as needed and recorded in the registry based on their universal healthcare system.

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Who Is Being Targeted for Forced Medical Treatment in NYC? We Require Answers

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The law was superseded by another called the New York SAFE Act which was passed in 2013 that allowed for Assisted Outpatient Treatment for at minimum a year—an “improvement” on the six months that Kendra’s Law could originally mandate. calls “permitted dependencies” like public transportation to include healthcare and housing.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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51] Can anything be worse than this in healthcare? London: Radcliffe Publishing; 2013. [36] London: Radcliffe Publishing; 2013. In my book about organised crime in the drug industry, one of the chapters is, Pushing children into suicide with happy pills. [51] Ingen over Gøtzsche. Dagens Medicin 2015;Oct 23. [35] 35] Gøtzsche PC.

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Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What I’ve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and Patient

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We were not given any advice or support from healthcare services to help our family adjust to this enormous change in our circumstances. Work had been expressly forbidden as being detrimental to my wellbeing, but in 2013, financial necessity fueled my resolve, and I returned to work in a local emergency department.

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

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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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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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DSM-5 (2013) moved away from listing specific events and focused more on the subjective experience, including responses to threats of death, serious injury, or violence. Life expectancy has increased globally due to advancements in medical technology, better hygiene, and improved access to healthcare.