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2017: My Descent Into Mayhem

Mad in America

The first was in 2017. I returned to hospital in late February 2017 and was discharged in early April. The post 2017: My Descent Into Mayhem appeared first on Mad In America. L ast month I celebrated being three years free of psychiatric medication. It was my second attempt to withdraw. I’m still not sure how I survived it.

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Letter from the Newsletter Editor, October 2017

Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP).

13, 2017 Chair Overall Submission Due Oct. 19, 2017 Speaker Individual Abstracts Due Oct. 20, 2017 Chair to Finalize & Fully Submit the Proposal Dec. 14, 2017 Oral and Poster Abstracts Due Feb. Several deadlines are coming soon: Oct.13, 12, 2018 Late Breaking Oral and Poster Abstracts Open Mar.

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Seriously Misleading Testimony by Psychiatry Professor in Oslo District Court About the Effect of Antipsychotics

Mad in America

The 2017 meta-analysis by Zhu et al. The 2017 meta-analysis by Leucht et al. The authors of the 2017 Leucht meta-analysis said, with reference to the 1964 study, that 61% versus 22% of patients were much improved, which appear nowhere in the cited article. Johnsen’s claim of an effect of 20% in 80% of the patients is invalid.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

In 2017, suicide experts wrote in the Swedish medical journal that antidepressants, lithium, and clozapine prevent suicides, but several of their references were seriously misleading, and I noted that there is no reliable evidence that any drug can prevent suicide. [5] 5] In 2017, Norwegian Professor Heidi Hjelmeland et al.

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Why 2017 was finally the year artists spoke up about mental health

National Association for the Advancement of Psycho

Taking care of yourself doesn't typically go hand in hand with the rock star fantasy of nonstop partying, but in 2017, that changed. Read More The post Why 2017 was finally the year artists spoke up about mental health appeared first on National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP).

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Letter from the Newsletter Editor, July 2017

Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP).

Hello everyone, Thanks to all of you who participated in our annual meeting in San Diego. We had a West coast record attendance of 1607that included 79 SOBPtravel awardees. The plenaries were outstanding, as were the symposia, oral, and posters.

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The Ethics of Long-Term Psychiatric Drug Use and Why We Need a Better Way

Mad in America

The Devastation of Protracted Withdrawal In 2017, I authored an article highlighting the hundreds of thousands of people reporting severe withdrawal side effects on forums like BenzoBuddies and Surviving Antidepressants.