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Winter 2016 Issue of Outlook Published

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

The winter 2016 issue of SBM's Outlook newsletter has been published. This issue, for instance, features several previews of events being planned for SBM's 2016 Annual Meeting. Each issue of Outlook provides updates about SBM activities and behavioral medicine advancements. It also features a Q&A with a health policy activist.

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Spring/Summer 2016 Issue of Outlook Published

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

The spring/summer 2016 issue of SBM's Outlook newsletter has been published. Outlook is the official newsletter of SBM, published three times a year. Each issue of Outlook provides updates about SBM activities, policies, and other issues affecting the behavioral medicine community.

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Canadians Without Life-Threatening Diseases Are Being Encouraged to Consider Suicide

Mad in America

As a Canadian, I am familiar with the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program, which has allowed eligible adults to request assisted death services since the federal legislation passed in June 2016. As of this year, the MAID program was also set to allow those with mental illness to choose euthanasia.

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

Mad in America

”’ 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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Scores of Papers by Top NIH Neuroscientist Eliezer Masliah Fall Under Suspicion

Mad in America

From Science : “In 2016, when the U.S. Congress unleashed a flood of new funding for Alzheimer’s disease research, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) tapped veteran brain researcher Eliezer Masliah as a key leader for the effort. He took the helm at the agency’s Division of Neuroscience, whose budget—$2.6

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On the Brink of Murder Because of an Antidepressant

Mad in America

At the book launch in 2016, which I attended, Katinka said she was very lucky to be there alive, and not serving a life sentence for killing her children.

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Medication-free Ward in Tromsø, Norway May Soon Close

Mad in America

In 2016, the Norwegian Health Ministry ordered all four health districts in the country to set aside beds for such care. The Tromsø ward opened in 2017, and over the six years, it has shown that offering patients the option to forgo psychiatric medication, or to taper from the drugs, can be a successful model of care.