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

Mad in America

One of these studies, sponsored of course by a pharmaceutical company, was conducted by the Kansas University Medical School, Wichita branch, and I attended, along with a group of local psychologists, a presentation of this study in progress by one of the staff psychologists who was one of the researchers and CBT therapists.

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Four Decades of Resilience: One Family’s Perspective on Our Mental Health System

NAMI

I vividly remember beginning my tenure in the pharmaceutical industry and learning much more about schizophrenia and available therapies. When my parents passed away, my sister Corrine assumed primary responsibility as his caregiver, and I was a close partner, helping where I could.