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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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That Others May Live: An Airman’s Mental Health and Medication Hurricane

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Something has to change, undeniable dilemma” — Tool Assigned to a Pararescue unit as their First Sergeant in July 2017, I was responsible for advising the Commander on anything related to the health, morale, and welfare of all assigned Airmen and their families. Chaos ensued as my duty phone rang off the hook. At last, I am truly healing.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

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Also, in 2002, Irving Kirsch, a leading researcher in the placebo effect, examined 47 drug company studies on various antidepressants (published and unpublished trials), and he discovered that in the majority of the trials, antidepressants failed to outperform placebos; and Kirsch reported that “all antidepressants, including the well-known SSRIs.

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

44 Behavioral therapy is used by just 44% of pediatric patients, in part because its not always covered by medical insurance and knowledgeable providers are scarce. In addition, neurofeedback is seldom covered by insurance and involves a significant investment of time and money. 2017 Sep 1;174(9):877-885. Epub 2017 Jun 29.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

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2017; Armstrong, 2016; BBC, 2021a, 2021b; Citizens Commission on Human Rights International, 2017; Comiskey, 2018; Dobuzinskis, 2023; Dow, 2018; Doyle, 2022; Easton, 2020; Egan, 2018; Farnsworth, 2016; Gonzlez-Pando et al., Dubey, 2017). 2017, April 27). ECT is still controversial (Alibhai, 2022; Archer et al.,