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Leaving Biological Psychiatry Behind: An Interview With Rodrigo Nardi

Mad in America

I said to myself, “If I can develop a way to work that brings me more satisfaction, if I can develop a paradigm that can survive considering the legalities, I think my life is going to be better.” It’s a basic shift of perspective that can literally change a person’s life. However, learn the legalities. We are ripe for a change.

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

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There were 14 versus 3 discontinuations (P = 0.02) among the 228 versus 190 children for reasons related to suicide and violence (suicide attempt, euphoria, manic reaction, agitation, hyperkinesia, nervousness, personality disorder, hostility, and depression).

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TIFT #113: Guilt and Responsibility

How Psychiatry Works

Even if legal remedies tend towards primitive retribution and ineffective punishments, the idea of taking on more responsibility with age corresponds to the reality of human development. Of course this requires a degree of self-honesty, of which some people, especially those with active personality disorders are not capable.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

The same is true of attempts to reframe other diagnostic labels as ‘identities’—including the most contentious, ‘borderline personality disorder’ which, it is suggested, can be ‘destigmatised’ through ‘ neuroqueer feminism ’. Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder. Johnson, M.

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Set, Setting, Forgetting: Silence on Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy Histories

Mad in America

The new drug application for MDMA-AT submitted by MAPS would have allowed MDMA legal use solely within MAPS’ proprietary psychotherapy protocol and only for individuals with a PTSD diagnosis. Much of the therapy was conducted underground by therapists seeking to keep their practices shielded from the authorities.