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

Mad in America

T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This idea went nowhere, until a birth defect crisis triggered by thalidomide, a sleeping pill, struck. According to legal and clinical definitions of evidence, there is no evidence in company assays.

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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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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. He cites (1) pessimism ; (2) feelings of helplessness and (3) the win-loss mentality so common in the practice of law. Take your mental health seriously. and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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How to Support Your Loved One During a Manic Episode

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It is a key feature of bipolar disorder symptoms and can significantly impact a persons ability to function. Bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition that requires a combination of medication, cognitive behavioral therapy, and lifestyle changes for effective treatment. Sleep deprivation with little need for rest.

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Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Mad in America

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.