Tue.Feb 18, 2025

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Psychiatric Butchery: What I’ve Seen at a Homeless Shelter for Women with Children

Mad in America

T his is all written to the best of my memory. I worked, I had a life. But then I languished on disability for twenty-six years. Dystonia, kidney failure, possibly the hypothyroidism was my lot for serving as a drug whore for psychiatry. At least, my neurologist stated the dystonia was probably caused by the medications. You get worse and worse and so did my diagnosis.

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4 Hallmarks of ADHD-Supportive Colleges

ADDitude

Disability services can be game-changing for college students with ADHD, supporting them across areas of difficulty and enabling success. When choosing a college, you and your student will, of course, consider majors offered, financial aid, location, and athletic programs. For neurodivergent students, add the following four factors to your decision tree. 1.

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‘Make America Healthy Again’ Commission to Examine Use of Psychotropic Medications

Psychiatry Online

PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

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Crunch the Numbers at NatCon25

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

At NatCon25 , we can help you stay on top of your organizations finances, so you can stay ahead of the competition. As an attendee, youll gain insights from top financial experts wholl cover everything you need to continue thriving. Heres a glimpse: Optimizing Your Revenue Cycle : Discover actionable strategies to enhance service delivery, improve customer experience and maximize your bottom line.

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MAHA Commission Draws Swift Criticism, Condemnation

ADDitude

February 18, 2025 The Trump administrations recently established Make America Healthy Again Commission has come under fire from medical experts and patient advocacy groups for singling out autism spectrum disorder and ADHD, saying the over-utilization of medication for those and other conditions pose a dire threat to the American people and our way of life.

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“We Should Never Pull a Life-Saving Medication from a Child.”

ADDitude

The following is a personal essay that reflects the opinions and experiences of its author alone. Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., dont understand ADHD or autism. President Trump has a history of using the r-word. Health and Human Services Director RFK, Jr., has long maintained that vaccines cause autism , despite piles of evidence to the contrary; hes even described autism by saying, the brain is gone.