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Psychiatric Patients Restrained at Sky-High Rates at This L.A. Hospital

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‘I have nightmares I’m being restrained,’ said Laidler, who has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Those numbers doubled between 2020 and 2021 — the latest figures publicly available — even as the statewide average for other inpatient facilities barely increased.

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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.

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When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem

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I roomed with a Portuguese woman who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was discharged on December 14, 2021, but remnants of myself are still lingering around the hospital. They put me in a wheelchair, although the only damaged part of me at the moment couldn’t be physically touched.

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Iatrogenic Practices in Psychiatry: Kindling

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To clarify this concept better, “psychosis”, “depression”, “anxiety”, “bipolar disorder”, “ADHD” and more are not disorders of organic or genetic origin, caused by “imbalances” in brain chemicals, and psychotropic drugs do not have the function of restoring any balance.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony

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His mother has remained Tony’s main caregiver while she has watched him decline over the years from the continuous drugs prescribed for diagnoses that also include schizoaffective disorder, depression, schizophrenia, mood disorder, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder.

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Lithium Doubles Risk of Thyroid and Kidney Dysfunction

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The study focused on patients with a bipolar disorder diagnosis in Hong Kong. In 2021, a study on veterans was terminated early because the drug didnt improve suicide-related events compared with a placebo. Lithium for bipolar disorder and risk of thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease. Correll, C.

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

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Rebecca started seeing a psychiatrist at the age of two and was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and pediatric bipolar disorder. which questioned the rising cases of young children diagnosed with bipolar disorder. million prescriptions dispensed in the US during 2021.