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The Connection Between ‘Bipolar Disorder’ and Migraine: Unraveling the History of a Family Line

Mad in America

” His mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Looking back, I think my friends did the only thing that they thought could help — having an intervention and convincing me to voluntarily admit myself to the hospital. Pool also did an extensive review of my medical records and diagnosed me with bipolar disorder.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

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In October 2019, during Matt’s move to a new apartment, I observed that Matt was emotionally paralyzed, unable to pack from lack of sleep. Two weeks later, both the NP and Matt’s counselor called me and said they must drop Matt as a patient, recommending an outpatient hospital detox program and a “higher level of care.”

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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

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E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To

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Veterans & Substance Abuse

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In fact, according to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2019, 26.9% What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)? Substance use disorder (SUD), often called “addiction,” is a mental health disorder. These disorders may include PTSD, anxiety, or depression. of veterans abused illicit drugs.

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

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When the incident occurred, my panic-stricken mother told my father to take me to the hospital right away. Dr. Fulmer quickly pumped the drugs out of my stomach and told my father I would not have lived if he had tried to get me to the hospital. which questioned the rising cases of young children diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

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Mad in Ireland

Mad in America

Although Jennifer Houghs older sister, Valerie, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was fifteen, Hough never saw her sister as mentally ill. After Valeries eventual suicide in 2019, Hough felt a need to fight for change in the system that failed her sister. To me, she was just my sister, Hough explains.

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Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

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One of many psychiatrists exposed by 2008 Congressional hearings on psychiatry’s financial relationship with drug companies was Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Biederman—credited with creating pediatric bipolar disorder—who received $1.6 By 2019, Big Pharma’s $6.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007.