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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 1)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. ” —attributed to Mark Twain What are some of the sources of much of the poor quality and costly healthcare in the U.S. healthcare (17% of GDP and climbing). trillion dollars in 2018 or $11,172.00 The Peterson Center of Healthcare reports that the U.S. per person or 17.7%

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New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information

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A vivid example is that healthcare professionals tend do classify the youngest in a classroom as having ADHD up to twice as often as their older classmates—due to their normal age-appropriate behavior: a stunning but long-known research finding that has insufficiently found its way to a broader audience.

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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

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As a journalist—much like how Robert Whitaker’s journalism led to Mad in America—I was curious about why, in a healthcare system that’s continually expanding with more medications, people are still feeling so sick. In 2018, the U.K. How did it come about? Hotz: I think there are two answers. Where did this term even come up?

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Conveying Hope, Empowering Teens: An Interview With Jessica Schleider

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They can exist either within or outside of traditional healthcare systems. But within the context of mental health and the mental healthcare system, it’s unusual, isn’t it? My lab was founded in 2018. Single-session interventions are designed to make the most of every moment. Or is it a combination? It can be both.

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Elder Eyes Wide Shut

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In 2018, true crime director Billie Mintz released The Guardians, an expose on a legal kidnapping business in Nevada. In the deep waters of directing The Guardians, Mintz learned elder law, and the injustice and inhumane practice of legal guardianship is a calculated effort by the court, the attorneys, and the healthcare system.

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Deadly Prescriptions: New Study Links Antipsychotics to Life-Threatening Risks in Dementia Patients

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This database includes information on diagnoses, prescriptions, lab results, healthcare contacts, and referrals. The CPRD comprises data from over 2,000 general practices in the UK, representing roughly 20% of the population. According to the authors, these databases are “broadly representative of the UK population.”

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony

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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. In July of 2018, Tony drove down to Virginia Beach where he consumed a large amount of [the “supplement”] Kratom and he almost drowned.