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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. First, how many hours of sleep did I get the night before? On nights when I had not gotten a lot of sleep, my mania levels did not rise as much as might be expected.

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These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

Mad in America

Researchers in Australia assigned more than 1,000 young teenagers to one of two classes: either a typical middle-school health class or one that taught a version of a mental-health treatment called dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT. Another, they were told to sleep more, eat right, and exercise.

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Back-to-School Support & Teen Mental Health Treatment: Practical Tips for Parents

Clear Behavioral Health

This can create stressful situations for families, which is why teen mental health treatment programs offer support, so you dont have to manage it alone. Our specialized team provides premier teen mental health treatment in the Los Angeles, California area. Call today to start healing.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

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. The comment I made in 2015 on the Board of Health’s website. [40] Suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness. 4] Gøtzsche PC.

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Remembrances of Linda Andre, Leader in the Fight Against ECT

Mad in America

In a passionate 2016 letter opposing FDA’s decision to down-classify ECT machines, she wrote: “Now FDA intends to put the ECT device into the same category as an X-ray machine. I first met Linda in January 2016, in an MPC closed ward. At Linda’s request, Dan Fisher interviewed Linda in September 2016.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 15: Withdrawal of Psychiatric Drugs

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In 2020, the UK mental health charity Mind said it signposted people to street drug charities to help them withdraw from depression pills because of the lack of available alternatives. In November 2019, the Danish National Board of Health issued a guideline about depression pills to family doctors that was dangerous.

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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

Mad in America

The medical profession expressed a global disdain towards these individuals; those diagnosed with a mental health condition were highly stigmatised and considered weak or defective characters. I couldn’t sleep, I felt agitated, my thoughts were going round and round and then I became suicidal. Admittedly I was tired out.