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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. I have found these “miracle drug breakthroughs” have in common a consistent pattern, one of which is a major cover story in a national magazine, in this case Time magazine. The Time magazine cover story reads “Depression afflicts 16 million Americans.

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Training Days: Surthriving an Execution, Antidepressants, then Myself — A Cop’s Tale

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I rushed to the closet and loaded a magazine into a rifle, terrified that the attackers were coming, that they would force me to choose who in my family would die. I realize how crucial it is for healthcare professionals to understand the complexities of trauma and the risks of overmedication. Our people deserve better.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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29] An article [30] from an industry-funded magazine misquoted our study, which found that, in adult healthy volunteers, depression drugs double the risk of suicide and violence compared with placebo. [31] 51] Can anything be worse than this in healthcare?

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

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More recently, in 2021, Dr. Corey Laskey published detailed recommendations regarding drug treatment for PPD in the magazine U.S. MotherToBaby : Organization of Teratology Information Specialists provides a telephone and Web-based service for patients and healthcare providers. Pharmacist.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

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One lawsuit from about 5-6 years ago was by a man forced to undergo ECT in Connecticut and the case was featured in Reason magazine (Simonson, 2020). Then many people want to get away from psychiatry and traditional mental healthcare. Freedom Magazine. 10) May have psychological trauma of living through all that. link] Singh, A.

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‘A Playground for Predators’: Diane Dimond on The Abuses of Guardianship

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As a freelance journalist, syndicated columnist, and former television correspondent, her reporting and commentary have been featured in newspapers, magazines, and TV news outlets across the country. Do you want to stay in your home with healthcare aides coming in, and your money to be used for that instead of guardianship?

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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Joseph Aspirin for Children was aggressively marketed to parents, relying heavily on newspaper and magazine ads. The drug that nearly took my life as a toddler was intentionally formulated to taste like candy. After its release in 1947, St.