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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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was given a slap on the wristjust had to take some continuing education coursesand hes still practicing today. When we did a recent broadcast, we looked at the numbers from 2019: 35.5 A smart, talented, well-educated young man who started taking Adderall in college, became addicted and lost his life because of it.

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

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His independent research into psychiatric drug harm and pharmaceutical industry corruption would eventually lead him to Mad in America, where he launched the Veterans’ & Military Families Initiative in 2019. It should be zero shock that veterans have the suicide rates we do,” Blumke said. This sounds great!’”

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

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While the researcher had just completed his academic training to become a psychiatrist, he received no education at all on the withdrawal issues facing him, as well as more than 1 in 6 patients prescribed antidepressants. In 2019, I published my story of withdrawal from an SSRI antidepressant known commercially as Zoloft.

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Seriously Misleading Testimony by Psychiatry Professor in Oslo District Court About the Effect of Antipsychotics

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1] In 2019, the Ombudsman concluded about a concrete case that it violated the Psychiatry Act to use forced treatment with an antipsychotic. [2] Mad in America 2019; 4 May. [3] References [1] Gøtzsche PC, Lund K. Tvangsmedisinering må forbys. Kritisk Juss 2016;2:118-57. [2] 2] Gøtzsche PC. 3] Leucht S, Kane JM, Etschel E, et al.

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The Mental Health Crisis of Today’s Youth—The Hidden Culprit Every Parent and Therapist Should Know About

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For the most part, parents put pressure on their children to succeed academically because they understand that education equals opportunity, and they want their children to have a better life. In 2019, the Pew Research Center revealed that “ Most U.S.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 15: Withdrawal of Psychiatric Drugs

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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. What’s the difference? After decades of inaction and denial, 7 some progress is now being made.

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

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A 2019 review of the research on ECT effectiveness for depression reported that there have been no randomized placebo-controlled studies since 1985, and those studies that were done prior to 1985 are of such poor quality that conclusions about efficacy are not possible.