Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
2] A 2015 “State of the Art review” in the BMJ claimed that “Evidence supports specific psychotropic drugs to reduce the risk of suicide.” [3] noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. BMJ 2015;351:h4978. [4]
Mad in America
APRIL 16, 2024
In 2013, I estimated that our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer, 1 and in 2015, that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third leading cause of death. As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%.
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Mad in America
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Including antipsychotics That first New Zealand survey was so productive I decided to replicate it internationally, when I moved, in 2015, to Swinburne University in Melbourne. The two positive themes were ‘symptom reduction’ and ‘sleep’. Only this time I included antipsychotics, with which I was far more familiar than antidepressants.
Mad in America
MAY 31, 2024
A long saga begins It all started the first week in April of 2015, the day after my mother and I took a trip to Salinas, KS, to pick up a grandfather clock. I was not ready for this, as I was so exhausted, and I asked her to call back after I had a few hours of sleep. Not a loving mother who had sacrificed everything for her kids.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping. They said if I didn’t go to sleep they would make me. And they did. I was angry.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
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. Had I gotten anyone else, they might have dismissed me as drug-seeking or mentally ill. Dr. B ordered a sleep study. ” In hindsight, I was epically lucky. at a time.
Mad in America
MARCH 9, 2024
The ART medicines are obtained each month from the Government ART clinic in Bhuj for all residents who are HIV positive, and for those with mental health conditions, the psychiatrist at the Government Mental Hospital in Bhuj prescribes the medications. The Lancet Global Health, Volume 11, Issue 1, e155 – e164 Cook, J.
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