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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

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In fact, he was known for treating some mood disorders with opiates—a practice my former doctor (who knew Dr. B) rejected because of the inherent dangers of opiate use. I know this because in 2015, I had dental work done the day prior to my three-month med-check appointment and I showed up with a puzzling revelation. at a time.

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Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later

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The suicides seemed to trigger a general darkening in the mood at the schools. And as we later found out, only 46% of the kids who died by suicide even had a known mental health problem. For sleep , between eight and eleven hours of restorative sleep are recommended for teenagers.