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Prescription Drugs: The Hidden Costs to Health and the Planet

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2024,” healthcare visits, procedures, tests, and vaccinations decreased but the number of new prescriptions saw a 3% increase. It has far-reaching effects—not just for individual health but for the environment. In certain cases, pharmaceuticals can harm public health. This is of concern to public health.

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World Psychiatric Association Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

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LikeWorld Mental Health Day (WMHD), celebrated annuallyon the 10th of October, Mental Health Week has become widely recognised throughout many European countries. The event represents a commitment to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health.

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Tortured by the Mental Health System Due to Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia

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M y name is Andrew Seefeldt and I have been a victim of horrific abuse by the mental health system of Australia for over a decade. Once I was in the ambulance they revealed that I was being detained involuntarily under the Mental Health Act and I was imprisoned in the mental hospital against my will for three weeks.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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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] Suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness. 4] Gøtzsche PC.

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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. First, how many hours of sleep did I get the night before? On nights when I had not gotten a lot of sleep, my mania levels did not rise as much as might be expected.

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

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As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. 26 These authors estimated that sleeping pills kill between 320,000 and 507,000 Americans every year. Deadly medicines and organised crime: How big pharma has corrupted health care. 2 Gøtzsche PC.

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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

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Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake. This experience often emerges during the hypnogogic stages as we drift in and out of sleep, as well as periods of deep contemplation or creative inspiration. I grew up in China and immigrated to the U.S.