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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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I hope that by telling it, I can help others find a better way to manage their own healthcare, diagnoses, and whatever medications they may or may not choose to take. His irregular sleep patterns, staying up all nightit all started coming into focus. We were lost for a long timeuntil The New York Times article came out.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. Psychiatry has been going down this mental disease road for 75 years or more, and I doubt, for psychiatry, that there is any turning back. To me, the Time article suggests it is another street hallucinogenic, “feel good” drug that does not treat depression.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.

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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in Norway. The author, Erik Rudi, voluntarily relinquishes the authority of being a “psychologist” and “healthcare professional.” If you struggle mentally, it does not mean that you are ill. The author, Erik Rudi. Psychologists cure nothing.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Even fewer spot the role assays play. Whose job is it? There was no response.

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How I Developed a Critical Perspective on Psychiatry

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Editor’s Note: This article is being simultaneously published on Mad in America and on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. I do think there is a role for ‘antidepressants’ because I am pro good mental health care, but we need to talk about the risks versus the benefits of these drugs.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

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No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. The article acknowledges the significant role of social and lifestyle causes and recommends psychotherapy as the first-line treatment for mild to moderate PPD. No one reassured us that what we were doing for the baby was all right.