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I Am Looking for People I Miss

Mad in America

I felt stupid with my women magazines, books and chocolate I had brought to her, with my pink Peugeot. She was on massive doses of anti-psychotics, while I was on none, only using Seroquel as a night sleep aid, taking 50-75 mg at night. Peer support is crucial in mental health system. Sam didnt look good when I saw her.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

Mad in America

No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. The Office on Women’s Health emphasizes psychosocial causes as being significant in PPD. Kelly Brogan , a holistic women’s health psychiatrist, reports significant concerns about brexanolone.

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ADHD Therapists Share Their Toughest Cases

ADDitude

ADDitude magazine asked practitioners who specialize in ADHD about their clients toughest problems, and the strategies that move them in the right direction. Read: Realistic Solutions for Managing Life, Time & Emotions Read: 33 Ways to Prioritize Your Mental Health SUPPORT ADDITUDE Thank you for reading ADDitude.

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

Mad in America

The vast majority of psychiatrists and non-psychiatric physicians still hold onto the belief, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, that behavioral health disorders are diseases of the brain and for most of these “diseases” the primary and, for many of physicians, the sole treatment is pharmaceuticals!

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. The comment I made in 2015 on the Board of Health’s website. [40] Suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness. 4] Gøtzsche PC.

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

Mad in America

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. One was for anxiety, one was for sleep, one was to help my heart rhythm for panic attacks—something for everything I described and couldn’t understand was happening to my body.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

Mad in America

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This ongoing failure can be traced back to the publication of DSM-III in 1980, when American psychiatry adopted a disease model for categorizing and treating mental disorders.