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Irrational Polypharmacy: How Integrated Mental Health Treatment Can Help

Mad in America

She published a number of books such as Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment and The Bitterest Pills: The Troubling Story of Antipsychotic Drugs. .” Over the years I have been following Joanna Moncrieff, a British psychiatrist and academic. Many of these patients have been on SSRIs for years or decades.

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Beyond Paternalism or Abandonment in Mental Health Care: An Interview with Neil Gong

Mad in America

N eil Gong is an assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego, where he researches psychiatric services, homelessness, and how communities seek to maintain social order. In our conversation, we unpack the critical insights from his book and explore the broader implications of his research.