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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

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Still, you and your family should be aware of the possibility of side effects in the future and being made aware does not mean the doctor softly saying “Well, there are some known side effects, but how about we try this?” Many were not aware of these risks prior to starting them. Millions of others share this experience.

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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: Harm Reduction, Not Judgment

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Together, we have created a movement that rejects coercion, force, and pharmaceutical propaganda and embraces informed consent, individual choice, and alternative ways to deal with distress. 2024) show that a sizable proportion of people, perhaps a third to a half, can quit antidepressants in the most haphazard ways and do well in the end.

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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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In recent years, there has been a growing awareness surrounding the adverse long-term effects of antidepressants, particularly concerning treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD). Stephenson and a team of researchers from various academic and pharmaceutical institutions, including the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

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The paper is entitled “ Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5 TR: Cross-Sectional Analysis ,” and it was published in January 2024. Nike knows that to sell sneakers they’re going to tap a very famous athlete and in much the same way that Nike knows that, so too do the pharmaceutical company executives.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

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We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

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And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. Raising awareness about depression, screening for it, and teaching that its common but underdiagnosed, at first glance seem like good things. So its particularly easy to get them to adopt an inferior self-image.

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RFK Jr. May Be Wrong on Many Medical Issues, But He’s Right About Antidepressants

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SENATOR SMITH: In an interview in 2023 and 2024, you blamed school shootings on antidepressants. assertions about antidepressants occurred on November 14, 2024, during CNNs OutFront show. The first example occurred on January 30, 2025, at RFK Jr.s Because of HIPAA rules, nobody knows. A second public dialogue on RFK Jr.s