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What Is Beyond a Diagnosis?

Mad in America

I had been sent to a psychiatrist at Manchester Royal Infirmary after my 2 nd violent mugging; I wasn’t eating or sleeping. My mental health went down fast this time. All those symptoms came back and worse until I was unable to get out of my bedroom, stuck in a world of mental terror. We all have innate wellbeing.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

Mad in America

She’s the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety and takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. Sometimes, we think we’re experiencing deep mental health issues when we’re actually dealing with inflammation, chronic sleep deprivation, or blood sugar fluctuations. That’s false anxiety.

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What I Wish I’d Asked Dr. Gabor Maté When I Had the Chance

Mad in America

A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. I believed my alcoholism was genetic and treated it as a spiritual malady. Plus a third prescription antidepressant for sleep such as amitriptyline or trazodone.

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

Mad in America

As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. Fifth, events after the trial is stopped are ignored. when the follow-up was 30 days, i.e. an increase in suicidal events. 15 Third, half of all deaths are missing in published trial reports.

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How Psychiatrists Responded to the Launch of Our New ECT Survey

Mad in America

It was prompted, in part, by events on social media last month. The two positive themes were ‘symptom reduction’ and ‘sleep’. Maybe helpful for a short time, but likely not worth it in the end they clouded my perceptions and sense of self very badly’ ‘They are not “antipsychotic” they just helped me sleep.’ ‘I

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Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

These signs could point to something more than just occasional stress; they could be part of a more profound mental health condition. I’m Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee, and I’ve spent years in the field of mental health, helping individuals and families navigate the often challenging terrain of psychiatric conditions.

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Treating Lawyers with Depression: One Psychologist’s Top 10 Tips

Lawyers with Depression

Depression is a mental health disorder that affects roughly 10 to 15 percent of the general population. In most cases depressed lawyers, like most depressed individuals, have a genetic predisposition to the disorder. Take your mental health seriously. and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He received his Ph.D.

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