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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%. Fifth, events after the trial is stopped are ignored. when the follow-up was 30 days, i.e. an increase in suicidal events. when the follow-up was 30 days, i.e. an increase in suicidal events.

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What I Wish I’d Asked Dr. Gabor Maté When I Had the Chance

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A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. He was talking about being abandoned for a month at the age of one because his mother was protecting his life during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Is that even possible?

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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

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In the twenty-first century, there has been no higher-level psychiatrist then Thomas Insel , director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015. and devoted much time to the problem of mental illness.” Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To Thomas Insel, in Insel’s 2022 book Healing , xxvi.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

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In the protocol for my study, I noted that the textbooks should mention that the causes of psychiatric disorders are mainly environmental, and not genetic or related to a visible brain abnormality. An analysis of adverse drug events submitted to the FDA between 2004 and 2009 identified 1,937 cases of violence, 387 of which were homicide.

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How Psychiatrists Responded to the Launch of Our New ECT Survey

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It was prompted, in part, by events on social media last month. One even boasted about doing so twice, once ‘on behalf of my Asian son from Germany who is the same age as me.’ The Joys of Announcing a Survey Launch on Social Media O nline surveys are increasingly being used as a legitimate research tool.

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The Making of a ‘Madness’ That Hides Our Monsters: An Interview with Audrey Clare Farley

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Her second book, which we will be discussing today, Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America , explores the lives of the four women behind the National Institute of Mental Health’s famous case study of schizophrenia. He sets out to study the genetics of schizophrenia, through twins.

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Schizoaffective Disorder: Understanding the Incidence, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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In about 30 per cent of cases, onset occurs between the ages of 25 and 35, and it is more common in women. While the exact cause is still not clear, most experts point to a combination of genetics, brain chemistry and structure, and environment. How is it Diagnosed?