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What is Telemedicine?

My Psychiatry

Telemedicine is transforming the way we connect with healthcare providers, making it easier for you to access the support you need from the comfort of your home. Telemedicine allows you to have meaningful, face-to-face conversations with your healthcare provider, even if youre miles away.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

This was in 2020 amid lockdown, so my consultation with Terry was over the phone. Though I didn’t tell Terry my life story, I mentioned that I’d been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder back in the late 90s. She quipped, “ Everyone has bipolar.”

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

Mad in America

S ince the 1990s, weve been hearing about the amazing progress in mental healthcare: We learned that mental illnesses like depression are serious but treatable diseases. But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. This explains why the U.S.

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

Mad in America

But across the country, the towering influence of corporate culture—mass production, mass marketing, mass consumerism, and profit-driven healthcare—has eroded our Main Street America culture and negatively impacted many aspects of our society, including consumer behaviors and the drugs we purchase at our doctors’ recommendation.

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Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy

Mad in America

Siem: Often, the extent to which someone can go low correlates to how high they can go, like with mania in bipolar disorder. When she was 42, there were provincial healthcare cutbacks. She stayed on Clozaril for 20 years, until COVID hit in 2020. By August 2020, Nancy was still on a reduced dose of Clozaril.

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Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy

Mad in America

Siem: Often, the extent to which someone can go low correlates to how high they can go, like with mania in bipolar disorder. When she was 42, there were provincial healthcare cutbacks. She stayed on Clozaril for 20 years, until COVID hit in 2020. By August 2020, Nancy was still on a reduced dose of Clozaril.