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

Mad in America

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 promised him and kept that promise until 2016, when I was coming off Latuda and he prescribed the same opioid. Dr. B ordered a sleep study. at a time.

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

Mad in America

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. As of 2016, we child and adolescent psychiatrists are only about 8,000 in number. We simply don’t have the resources.