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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warnings for persistent sexual dysfunction, for example, and today the agency is attempting to defend itself from a lawsuit by the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, which claims that it failed to respond to a 2018 petition to do so.

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“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at the VA

Mad in America

I n 2018, still in the throes of painful withdrawal from a psychiatric drug cocktail, U.S. After a years-long fight led by a long list of advocates and veteran nonprofits, Jensen, Wisner, BurnPits360 and a cadre of others camped out on the steps of the U.S. Air Force veteran Derek Blumke began connecting the dots. military veterans.

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Conveying Hope, Empowering Teens: An Interview With Jessica Schleider

Mad in America

My lab was founded in 2018. Or is it a combination? Schleider : It’s been mixed, and it has changed over time in a good way. You know, we’ve been doing this research since 2016.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Board Member, Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry, 2011 2018. Secretary-Treasurer 2018 2019, President-Elect 2019 -2020, President 2020 2021, Council Chair 2021 2022, Nominations and Elections Committee 2022 – present.

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

Mad in America

A review of poisonings among children age 5 and younger found that opioids were the leading cause of fatal poisonings between 2005 and 2018. For low-income areas, this service is very valuable for extra income, it helps reduce neighborhood waste and also helps out many nonprofit organizations with fundraising.