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

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I hope that by telling it, I can help others find a better way to manage their own healthcare, diagnoses, and whatever medications they may or may not choose to take. His irregular sleep patterns, staying up all nightit all started coming into focus. Siem: Ive been lucky to participate in two events with you now. I was shocked.

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Is Public Psychiatry Responding to the Mental Health Crisis or Just “Treating the Chart?”

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The topic of mental health is on the public’s mind, whether it’s the popularizing of therapy speak, the increased attention paid to severe mental illness and homelessness, or pop psychology advice on TikTok. This scenario in public psychiatry settings is, unfortunately, a familiar one.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 2)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. This distinction is important because the MD is basically a practitioner degree (which is appropriate for the practitioner) and not a research degree, which unfortunately has shaped the quality of healthcare in the 20 th century and beyond. This has resulted in both good and poor healthcare.

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How I Developed a Critical Perspective on Psychiatry

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F ollowing my recent experience of antidepressant withdrawal and having worked in psychiatry for nearly 20 years as a registered mental health nurse, I now have a very critical view on what good mental health treatment and recovery should look like.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. Psychiatry has been going down this mental disease road for 75 years or more, and I doubt, for psychiatry, that there is any turning back. The patient self-administers the esketamine nasal spray under the supervision of a healthcare provider in a certified doctor’s office or clinic.

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10 Sleep Hygiene Tips for Women Battling Insomnia and Anxiety

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Are you lying awake at night, your mind racing with thoughts while sleep feels impossibly out of reach? Many women face the challenging combination of insomnia and anxiety, creating a frustrating cycle that affects daily life and mental well-being. Anxiety can have a significant impact on your sleep patterns.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Drug-induced adverse events are key to spell-binding or spell-breaking in this case.