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“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at the VA

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Derek Blumke At the 2023 Military Influencer conference in Las Vegas, whenever he spoke about his work, everyone kept saying “You have to talk to Will Wisner,” executive director of the Grunt Style Foundation , a nonprofit veteran organization dedicated to ensuring the mental health and wellness of military veterans. military veterans.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

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While the researcher had just completed his academic training to become a psychiatrist, he received no education at all on the withdrawal issues facing him, as well as more than 1 in 6 patients prescribed antidepressants.

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State Education Resource Center (SERC)

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SERC is a nonprofit agency that provides professional development and information dissemination on the latest research and best practices to educators, service providers, and families throughout the state, as well as technical assistance and training within schools, programs, and districts.

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Special Education Resources for Connecticut Families

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Visit CSDE Special Ed Website SPED Connecticut SPED Connecticut is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization with a mission to increase awareness and understanding of children who learn differently and to secure appropriate educational services for this population in accordance with state and federal laws.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Leigh, Mother of Melissa

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She experienced kindling and BIND (benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction), a term that a nonprofit, the Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices [ABBP], introduced. He spent four years in a mental hospital and now devotes his life to educating people about the dangers of antidepressants. At least that is what she told me.

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The Child Mind Institute 2024 Child Advocacy Award Dinner Raises Nearly $7M to Support Families Facing Mental Health Challenges

Child Mind Intitute

million in support of the Child Mind Institutes mission to improve the mental health of children and families through clinical care, scientific research and public education. Child Mind Institute is revolutionizing the field by bringing together care, education, and science to help young people reach their full potential.

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Multiplicity and Mad Studies: An Interview with Jazmine Russell

Mad in America

As a writer, educator, and scholar, Jazmine works at the intersection of mad studies, critical psychology, and neuroscience. They were promised all sorts of things—adequate housing, education—but those promises were never fulfilled. is the nature of these large nonprofit conglomerates that provide mental health services.