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Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Clinician’s Middle View

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For example, suppose psychotherapy is not a realistic option: e.g. when insurance coverage is limited; or few therapists are taking new clients; or serial co-pays pose a financial burden.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

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Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? Once that happens, health insurance companies say okay, if it’s a disease in the brain, why should we pay for talk therapy? James Moore: Mary has sent in some questions and her first is, in the past, there were other tools used to at least try to help folks in crisis.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

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Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. For Illich, the iatrogenesis of modern medicine is clinical when harm to individuals results specifically from medical treatment.

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Support for Women at LightWork Therapy: Empowering Mental Health

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The Importance of Community in Women’s Wellness Women thrive in supportive communities where shared experiences create powerful bonds of understanding and healing. At LightWork, we’ve seen how community support can transform lives through our partnership with SHE RECOVERS Community.

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

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Many of these programs don’t even take insurance, so well-off families pay cash, making them the true clients. The idea was to release some prisoners who were incarcerated for drug offenses into the community and build up a community support system. Ironically, people in elite settings often felt much more controlled.