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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

Mad in America

The three trial reports seriously underreported suicide attempts, other suicidal events, and precursors to suicide and violence on active drug, and provided false claims that the drugs were effective. After 19 weeks, 42 children on fluoxetine versus 28 on placebo had experienced nervous system events (P = 0.01).

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

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A big example of that was theMedicating Normal event in Virginia Beach, where you and I first met. Siem: Ive been lucky to participate in two events with you now. The Virginia Beach event was in your hometown, so I think the audience was already familiar with Richards story and why we were there.

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Benzodiazepines Linked to Suicide, Study Finds

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A new study published in Psychiatry Research finds that alprazolam, commonly sold as Xanax, is linked to an increased risk of suicidal events. mg) revealed a 5 % increase in suicidal events per additional month of treatment. All active donors get full access to all MIA content, and free passes to all Mad in America events.

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New Resources to Help Prevent Trauma and Suicide During Catastrophic Events

College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL)

The toolkit shares strategies for preventing suicide and trauma during catastrophic events like the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, storms, or other disasters. Rapidly assess local fit and feasibility of best available evidence from CDCs technical package during catastrophic events and beyond.

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Observational Studies Confirm Trial Results That Antidepressants Double Suicides

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1-3 Meta-analyses of suicidal events based on published reports will therefore underestimate the risk of suicide caused by depression drugs. One reason for this discrepancy is that the FDA only included events occurring during the randomised phase of the trials. But the FDAs huge meta-analysis is untrustworthy. This is serious fraud.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

For months, the GP had focused on an alleged traumatic event causing her significant psychological distress. They could not recall any traumatic event, confirming instead a stable and nurturing home life. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD.

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Desperate Measures: Ghaemi’s Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention

Mad in America

The technique of excluding trials with ‘zero events’ is problematic, however, because it excludes much relevant data and makes suicide seem more common than it is. Then Martin Plöderl joined the team and brought expertise in new statistical methods of meta-analysis that have been developed to manage ‘zero event’ trials.