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Joey Marino Dies; ‘ER’ Actor Had Developed Severe Tardive Dyskinesia

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In 2021, he had published a poem called “ Bedridden ” on Mad in America, and a video of him was included in Peter Gotzsche’s blog “ Psychiatry’s Denial of the Horrors of Tardive Dyskinesia.

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Paula J. Clayton, MD (1934 – 2021): Pioneering Psychiatry with Passion and Precision

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As part of Women's Health Month, ADAA's Women Mental Health SIG presents a series of blogs and videos showcasing women trailblazers in the mental health sector. In this blog, learn about Paula Clayton, MD, an internationally recognized researcher, dedicated to destigmatizing mental health and advocating suicide prevention.

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The Psychiatrist Who Got Hooked on Antidepressants — Now, He Helps Others to Quit

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’ In October 2021 Horowitz set up England’s first deprescribing clinic in north London with Joanna Moncrieff, a consultant psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at UCL, which has so far treated 40 patients but fields referrals for hundreds more a month. ‘The story is the same,’ Horowitz says.

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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: Harm Reduction, Not Judgment

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Framer, 2021) While its wrong to deny the reality of protracted withdrawal, it’s also wrong to say that going off antidepressants or other drugs will always result in protracted withdrawal. Even interpreted critically, studies (such as Lewis, et al, 2021; Kendrick, et al., link] Lewis, G., Marston, L., Freemantle, N.,

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Exploding Myths About Schizophrenia: An Interview with Courtenay Harding

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years (77%) 1995- DeSisto et al in Maine after 36 years (49%) 2021- Harrow et al in Chicago, Illinois after 15-20 years (73%) Whitaker: How did psychiatry, as a medical discipline, respond to your findings? Harding: I started to speak at international and national meetings as well as Grand Rounds at medical schools.

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Green Star Mother Demands Answers from VA Secretary

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Then, as I was feeling dejected about not being able to make a dent in this problem, close to three years after Cody’s death in 2021, a friend offered to hand-deliver a letter from me about Cody’s death to the head of the Veterans Administration. I last saw Cody in August 2021, and he was doing well, both physically and mentally.

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The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

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The Radical CRPD The most radical element in the WHO’s 2021 document was its embrace of the 2008 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a governing principle for radical reform. The 2021 WHO report echoed that sentiment.

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