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Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction

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You’re also an author, and you’ve written on topics such as aging, genetics, mental representation, biological functions, mechanisms in science, and the concept of information in neuroscience. So why do we call schizophrenia a mental disorder, but not believing in conspiracy theories?

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

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Would you tell us a little bit about what it was like for you in the mental health system before you went into withdrawal? I embraced mental health support for many years because I found that it made me healthier. When I did manage to taper off a bit, I felt an immediate improvement in my health.