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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 15: Withdrawal of Psychiatric Drugs

Mad in America

What we need more than anything else in psychiatry are withdrawal clinics, with easy and quick access free of charge, and education about the harmful effects of psychiatric drugs, how to stop them, and above all: How to avoid starting them. 609 Progress is very slow. What’s the difference? They won’t admit they got it wrong.

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Remembrances of Linda Andre, Leader in the Fight Against ECT

Mad in America

In December 2018, Linda was evicted from her 2-bedroom affordable housing apartment, a Mitchell-Lama co-op that she owned. Linda stayed in my apartment 18 days and nights during 2018, over eight consecutive weekends, including one 4-day Memorial Day weekend. When Linda was moved to MPC TLR, she still had a court appointed guardian.

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

Mad in America

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. Had I gotten anyone else, they might have dismissed me as drug-seeking or mentally ill. Dr. B ordered a sleep study. I chose the latter. at a time.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

Adding insult to injury, ICD-11 (2018) added complex PTSD (C-PTSD) to address prolonged trauma, such as childhood abuse or long-term domestic violence, acknowledging broader symptoms like emotional dysregulation and identity struggles. It also introduced separate criteria for children and teens.

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Understanding Gray Area Drinking: How Social Drinking Becomes Addiction

Clear Behavioral Health

Its drinking that doesnt fully meet the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD) but still leads to negative consequences in health, relationships, or daily functioning [1,2]. Mental preoccupation, being absorbed with thoughts of drinking or buying alcohol, is a big indicator that there may be an issue.

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How Epigenetics Could Revolutionize ADHD Care

ADDitude

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes. Yet, genetic influences are less fixed than one might think.

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What Works For Wellbeing?- 5 Fundamentals

Doctors In Distress Blog

1,2 There is now much evidence linking burnout to adverse patient safety outcomes, as well as data revealing the financial benefits and efficiency savings when colleagues are well and able to offer more compassionate care [3,4 So whatever your driver is, a thriving, mentally well workforce results in better patient care by all metrics.