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Conservatorship: The Racket That Ruined My Father’s Last Years

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They believed in the Declaration of Independence, which held “these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” — otherwise known as the American dream. I wanted things to be made right.

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A Case for Parallel Mental Health Care

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The parallel society] began in spontaneous acts of mutual self-defense in different parts of society. Its different elements often exhibit tremendous growth and vitality in their isolation, but they appear to have little awareness of each other. For the same reason, it remains painfully fragmented and siloed.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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Taking the two studies together, adverse events definitely predisposing to violence against self or others leading to discontinuation occurred in 11 versus 3 children. One of the strongest precursors for violence against self or others is akathisia. Forest’s internal documents showed that company staff were aware of the problems.

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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

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I had some vague awareness that patients occasionally had a “bad reaction” to a pill, but I assumed that these reactions were one in a million and it never crossed my mind that something like permanent genital numbness could occur. As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature.

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RADAR and the Dignity of Risk-Taking

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The deinstitutionalization era marked a shift toward community-based mental health care, highlighting the importance of individual choice and self-determination. To create a mental health system truly based on the ideology of recovery, self-determination and human rights there needs to be a change.

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The Psychiatric Peddlers in Your Schools

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Why, she can send an email home to John boy’s parents—make them aware of his deficits. And Miss Brown will not be made aware of this until the day of. A huge benefit for students, parents and teachers in having Adderall and Ritalin-like drugs prescribed to students is the accompanying legal document: the 504 plan.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

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In this blog, he begins a discussion on depression and antidepressant drugs. Therapists have known that some people are more prone to episodes of depression because of self-defeating attitudes (such as perfectionistic tendencies) that need modification through psychotherapy or behavioral treatment. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.