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Interpersonal Caring as an Act of Resistance Among Socially Marginalized

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The ART medicines are obtained each month from the Government ART clinic in Bhuj for all residents who are HIV positive, and for those with mental health conditions, the psychiatrist at the Government Mental Hospital in Bhuj prescribes the medications. This photograph of them was made on the day of his departure in 2018.

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Dramatic Rise in Police Interventions on 988 Callers

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Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant), administrators of 988Lifeline under contract from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has spawned a political lobbying division that’s helping usher state infrastructure investments and legislative initiatives.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 15: Withdrawal of Psychiatric Drugs

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He has worked with drug addicts for decades, and, like other psychiatrists who have experience with both legal and illegal drugs, 135 he says that it is generally much easier to stop heroin than to stop a benzodiazepine or an SSRI because the abstinence symptoms with heroin disappear rather quickly. 609 Progress is very slow.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

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But by the end of 2018, life started to become overwhelming. Overwhelmed, I sought help from my VA mental health team. In response to how quickly my mental health had devolved, my husband was concerned I might have a brain tumor. As a result of stopping the Prozac my sleep schedule was destroyed.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. The comment I made in 2015 on the Board of Health’s website. [40] Suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness. 4] Gøtzsche PC.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Pigott and colleagues published articles in 2015 and 2018 on the STAR*D trial, and each time Mad in America reviewed the articles.