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New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information

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The creation of the guidelines began in 2018, when the Dutch research collective ‘Druk & Dwars’ (Wild and Willful) initiated a taskforce for their development. This is, to our knowledge, the first set of guidelines on information about any of the disorders defined by the DSM. S.te.meerman@rug.nl

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony

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This did not stop Sherita from believing that her son was intelligent, as he went on to complete school and higher education with a degree in botany. Tony, son of Sherita I watched my son, who was struggling from all of the previous medications he was given prior to May 2018, but he was still able to function.

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

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By the time I’d transferred to Dr. B in 2017, he had backed off using opioids in his practice and he told me I needed to go to a pain clinic, which I did in 2018. Though I didn’t tell Terry my life story, I mentioned that I’d been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder back in the late 90s. I chose the latter.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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A review of poisonings among children age 5 and younger found that opioids were the leading cause of fatal poisonings between 2005 and 2018. Rebecca started seeing a psychiatrist at the age of two and was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and pediatric bipolar disorder.

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The Long-Disputed Science of Twin Studies

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Psychiatry cites twin studies as the gold standard in support of the discipline’s disputed claim that psychiatric conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are genetically based brain disorders only minimally influenced by environmental factors or “triggers.” Bouchard, Jr., points per year worldwide).

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

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Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A. 2016) and reports a higher (70%) degree of suicidal thoughts (Cassidy, Bradley, Bowen, Wigham, & Rodgers, 2018). Bateman, 2012).