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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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Its basically legal speed, and it can have some really bad effects. We didnt pursue legal action against any of the doctorswe just didnt have the fight left in us. was given a slap on the wristjust had to take some continuing education coursesand hes still practicing today. Siem: Around 2005 or 2006? Its an amphetamine.

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Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Help

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At the Wrightslaw website, parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys can find accurate, reliable information and trainings about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. The post Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Help appeared first on Kids Mental Health Info.

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The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

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The WHO authors wrote: The perceived need for coercion is built into mental health systems, including in professional education and training, and is reinforced through national mental health and other legislation. Denial of legal capacity, coercive practices and institutionalization must end.

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Reframing Antipsychotic Discontinuation: A Psychiatrist’s Personal and Professional Call for Epistemic Justice

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There are ongoing ethical, moral, and legal challenges surrounding the prescription and discontinuation of antipsychotic medicationschallenges that a new article suggests can be addressed through the lens of epistemic injustice. F., & Roe, D. Antipsychotic Discontinuation through the Lens of Epistemic Injustice.

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My Impressions of Psychiatry

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Of course it wouldn’t be such a secret if there was education in schools!! If they had been sufficiently prepared or helped by education on how to handle their “schizophrenia”, would it still have happened? I believe I have the legal right to read my own notes, and maybe I should. And I wasn’t alone. Give me some love.

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Prison Is Even Worse When You Have a Disability Like Autism

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Of the 38 agencies that responded, 25 reported using screening protocols that several mental health and legal experts said don’t meet professional standards. The Marshall Project sent questions to all 50 state corrections departments asking whether and how they screen prisoners for developmental or intellectual disabilities.

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A Case for Parallel Mental Health Care

Mad in America

Psychedelics: While still controversial due to a welter of legal, cultural, and safety concerns, it now seems unavoidable that psychedelics will be part of the mental health care of the future. Even as legalization proceeds apace across the country, ayahuasca circles and similar events can already be found in many communities.