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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

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It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. Efforts at Self-Regulation Being placed in psychiatric hospitals at a rate of almost once per year was greatly disturbing, and it provided me with motivation to get my situation under control.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

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I n 2023, the BBC released “ The Antidepressant Story ,” a film that details known, dangerous and sometimes permanent side effects associated with commonly prescribed antidepressants. Many were not aware of these risks prior to starting them. The most severe side effect extends to suicidality and thoughts of self-harm.

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

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While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023.

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I Secret Shopped #988 and Three Cop Cars Showed Up Outside My House

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As if to prove my point, a CNN article published one year later on October 31, 2023 reported the following: “People with severe psychological distress were more likely than others to have heard of 988 and to have used the lifeline, according to research published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open. I decided to focus on self-injury this time.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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O n 3 August 2023, I wrote to the editors of two medical journals and called for retraction of three fraudulent reports of placebo-controlled trials of depression drugs in children and adolescents. One of the strongest precursors for violence against self or others is akathisia. Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom 2023;Nov 14.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

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I was a shell of my former self, unable to think, staring off into space; all while trying my best to care for my family. Taking my family away Just as I was feeling as though I were myself again, my children were removed from me in emergency custody hearings that I hadn’t even been aware of. I have maintained a 4.0

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We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy

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My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. The answer lies in the fundamental nature of any tribe, band or clan; self-sufficiency. What is the purpose of awareness?