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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 5)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In 2014, after years of struggling in the press, the courts, and the scientific community, a group of researchers finally gained access to at least some of the study data with GSK fighting against the light of day at every turn. Y ou bet it is!

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

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A bill raised in the Connecticut legislature, H.B. 6837 , would change state law concerning shock therapy (ECT or electroconvulsive therapy). It would extend the duration of probate court orders authorizing ECT without a patients informed consent, from the current maximum of 45 days to 90 days. Anwar , Rep. Anwar , Rep. Dubey, 2023).

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

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Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.