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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

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While the researcher had just completed his academic training to become a psychiatrist, he received no education at all on the withdrawal issues facing him, as well as more than 1 in 6 patients prescribed antidepressants. Many were not aware of these risks prior to starting them. Millions of others share this experience.

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

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Insel is a prime example of a top psychiatrist with exuberance about psychiatry regardless of his awareness of the reality of its repeated failures. “I This is evidenced by the 2010 article “ Bloodletting 1854 ,” published by the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) , the official journal of the APA.

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

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Consensus reality would have us believe that increased compulsory schooling equals increased education, however, a critical thinker questions this certainty. If a major part of true education is inspiring and energizing us to be curious and enjoy reading, there is empirical evidence of standard schooling’s anti-educational effects.

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The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

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Psychiatry asserts that it has the medical authority to deem certain people “mentally ill,” and that such people can be forcibly treated because they suffer from “anosognosia” and thus lack awareness that they are ill and in need of treatment.

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Everything About Us Without Us

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Other deficiencies included underfunding, overcrowding, a need for unspecified changes to civil commitment and sterilization laws, improved education with a closer relationship to the medical school, and better treatment for the mentally ill in other hospitals and almshouses. You might lose months of memory and some loss of self-esteem.

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Q&A: What Is Executive Function, and How Can Parents and Teachers Help Kids Focus?

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I was also his case manager—which meant that because Liam was designated with special education needs, I kept track of all his academic progress, helped his teachers work effectively with him to meet the goals in his Individualized Education Program (IEP), and checked in with him on a regular basis.

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We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy

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My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. This opening discussion represents two critical elements that will be covered in this article. I have found the latter to be very open, forthcoming and logical.