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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

D uring my first psychiatric hospitalization in 1998, I was strapped down, placed in 4-point restraints, and administered a painful catheter—apparently because I had peed on the floor during the course of my psychotic episode. Captivity By my count (with an assist from my mother) I’ve had 12 psychiatric hospitalizations in my life.

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

Mad in America

3,4 This estimate was derived from a 1998 meta-analysis of 39 US studies where monitors recorded all adverse drug reactions that occurred while the patients were in hospital, or which were the reason for hospital admission. If we apply this estimate to USA, we get 315,000 annual drug deaths in hospitals. times as many.

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Dramatic Rise in Police Interventions on 988 Callers

Mad in America

Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant), administrators of 988Lifeline under contract from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has spawned a political lobbying division that’s helping usher state infrastructure investments and legislative initiatives. Where’s the accountability?”

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Grief and Burnout: The Challenge of Staying Out of Psychiatry

Mad in America

That night, I dont know when, perhaps in October 2024, my sister was rushing me in her car through the night. Our destinations were psychiatric hospitals or wards within general hospitals where my blood pressure and pulse could be brought down. Earlier in the year, in January of 2024, my father passed away.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. The comment I made in 2015 on the Board of Health’s website. [40] Katinka ended up in the private Florence Nightingale psychiatric hospital in London.

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Parenting Tips: 7 Ways to Help Teens Succeed in High School

Clear Behavioral Health

Embracing the following parenting tips can help your child achieve teen success and improve their mental health during this time. We are the trusted professionals for teen mental health treatment in the Los Angeles, California area. Related: How Nutrition Impacts Your Mental Health 6. 877.799.1985 2.

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What Works For Wellbeing?- 5 Fundamentals

Doctors In Distress Blog

by Dr Anna Baverstock and Dr Jess Morgan Dr Anna Baverstock is a consultant community paediatrician at Somerset Hospitals Foundation Trust and lead for senior doctor wellbeing @anna_annabav Dr Jess Morgan is a paediatrician and Dinwoodie RCPCH Clinical fellow @doc_bipolar The workplace experiences of doctors in the UK continue to be very concerning.