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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

Siem: The reason I asked your age is because I’m 38. ” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. ” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. How old are you?

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Treating Lawyers with Depression: One Psychologist’s Top 10 Tips

Lawyers with Depression

Depression is a mental health disorder that affects roughly 10 to 15 percent of the general population. This is the medical definition of depression. However, this definition fails to capture the experience of what its like to be depressed. Take your mental health seriously. and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Kids Are Not the Problem: An Interview With Gretchen LeFever Watson

Mad in America

In 2008, BMJ recognized her as one of 100 international scientists journalists could count on for unbiased reviews of health research. Brooke Siem: Gretchen, I didnt know you were recognized as one of 100 international scientists journalists can rely on for unbiased reviews of health research. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

Mad in America

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This would seem to meet the legal criteria for libel, given that both the STAR*D authors and the AJP knew that Pigott and colleagues had done no such thing.

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Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase of the Government’s War on Thought Crimes

Psychiatric News

Tuesday Reprinted from its original source at The Rutherford Institute HERE By John & Nisha Whitehead July 18, 2023 There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.Hannah Arendt Get ready for the next phase of the governments war on thought crimes: mental health round-ups and involuntary detentions.

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Can Creativity Help You Heal Depression? An Interview with Psychiatrist, Dr. Carrie Barron

Lawyers with Depression

I also believe, especially for children, were in a striving, ambitious, productive time mentality for children and adults. There are many definitions of creativity. My definition is allowing the most natural self to emerge to make a positive contribution. I think thats part of it. Knitting, crafting, and even fixing things.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. The biomedical approach to distress has spread beyond the health/mental health sector and has seeped into every sector of the community.