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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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Telling people theyre destined for the worst possible outcome can create a self-fulfilling “nocebo” effect, reinforcing the very dependence they seek to escape. 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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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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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

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Waking dreamsallowus to dream while awake, significantly enhancing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, andthe ability to findmeaning in life experiences. I presented these findings at arecent conference ofthe International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) in October 2024.

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Is There Transformative Meaning in Madness?

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No-way-out by J “Mental distress is a portal to self-actualisation, providing a gateway into inner-consciousness…[it] is only labelled as an ‘illness’ because of how we have been conditioned to understand it within western culture.” Footnote This research was completed with the Alef Trust in 2024.

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Grief and Burnout: The Challenge of Staying Out of Psychiatry

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That night, I dont know when, perhaps in October 2024, my sister was rushing me in her car through the night. Earlier in the year, in January of 2024, my father passed away. That is the subjectivation I am keenly aware of and now capable of extricating myself and others out of. So what had happened? Who needs such violent care?

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The Core Error of Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Certainty about “Consensus Reality”

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Reported in 2024, a Book Trust survey found that reading enjoyment declines as children progress through primary school. Institutionalization refers to the establishment of large, bland, uniform, impersonal, hierarchical, bureaucratic, and coercive entities that increasingly rule our lives.