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The Editorial Demise of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Is Bad News For Us All

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It was thus important that the journal, in a psychosomatic spirit, offered a free, but rigorously evaluated, channel for scientific communications. It is indeed rare to see such issues debated: is this because of some censorship operated by medical journals, meeting organizers, and certain pharmaceutical manufacturers?

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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

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Depression was sold to us as a simple problem of serotonin insufficiency, a convenient narrative that made drug companies like Eli Lilly, Forest Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer very rich. As a former pharmaceutical advertising writer, I not only witnessed the explosive growth in antidepressant drugs, I contributed to it.

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“I Made it Through the Horrors of Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal” A Conversation with Comedian Dex Carrington

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And this part is really important for me to communicate—because I would’ve given everything I owned in the world to hear this when I was in Lyrica withdrawal: The fear disappears. I got into this headspace where I was like, I will not give the pharmaceutical industry one more dollar after what they did to me. It kept me alive.

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Interview with German activist Peter Lehmann: “I Lost My Fear and Gained Everything.”

Mad in America

So, even if they were not fans of Hitler, they grew up in this time and, as I felt, they were not very reflective about the influence of that terrible Zeitgeist on the development of their personalities. Together we wrote an informational brochure about neuroleptics free from the commercial interests of the pharmaceutical industry.

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A Therapist Navigating Antidepressant Withdrawal: Nelson Lee on the Power of the Present Moment

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I had no clue how much these drugs were influencing everything I believed and felt, beyond just keeping me not depressed — which they never really did. I made the decision that I would rather feel withdrawal for the rest of my life than give one more cent to the pharmaceutical industry on this topic. Let’s take a chance on that.

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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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This lack of communication underscores the need for improved patient-physician dialogue in the management of depression and antidepressant therapy. ” The study also sheds light on the factors influencing patients’ decisions to continue, switch, or discontinue antidepressant treatment. The study was authored by Judith J.

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A kaleidoscope approach to leading: Five perspective shifts that can foster innovation

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Relying solely on a narrow set of approaches can limit the breadth and depth of your influence and hinder the full potential of your organization. Facilitate strategy sessions, articulate the grand picture, and communicate strategies against the backdrop of this vision to keep the team aligned.