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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

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Would you tell us a little bit about what it was like for you in the mental health system before you went into withdrawal? It was also then that I started taking quetiapine (Seroquel) in addition to citalopram for a better night’s sleep. When I did manage to taper off a bit, I felt an immediate improvement in my health.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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The mental health industry, including therapists, pharmaceutical companies, and even heads of departments and trauma experts, have a vested interest in diagnosing as many individuals as possible. This period also saw an end to mandatory military conscription, reducing the number of young people exposed to the horrors of war.

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From Freud to Fanon: How Daniel Gaztambide is Redefining Psychoanalytic Practice

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His research and clinical work focus on Puerto Rican and Latinx populations, ethnic minority identity, psychotherapy, and the social determinants of health. How does clinical technique tie back to a model of the mind or mental health? We would all kind of struggle to articulate what that was.