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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

Mad in America

I spent a long time in OCD therapy and learned a lot about the field. Doctors became hypnotized by the appearance of “science”, even if the literature they consulted was essentially pharmaceutical advertising. Such optimism would be disappointed by dwindling pharmaceutical progress in the later half of the century.

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On Not Becoming David Foster Wallace

Mad in America

I later learned prescription of paroxetine to people aged 65 and older has been discouraged since 2016. He freaked out, said that paroxetine was “one of the worst” to withdraw from (it is) and at a recent symposium at Yale he had learned that weaning off the drug could take up to two years. (Or Down from 40mg.

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Survivors and Families Working Together For Change: A New Project 

Mad in America

What I have learned during the many years of working on myself, and with struggling individuals and families, has convinced me that we can do much better. How did so many families become convinced that only a pharmaceutical solution can be effective? We all have lived in families of different constructions.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

Mad in America

But society then became fully entrenched in the idea that mental health is a genetic or a chemical imbalance, which worked too well for pharmaceutical marketing. When my patients have a big emotional process with a taper, it’s often fruitful work for learning about their wants, their desires, their needs, and their fears.

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

Mad in America

This implies that the construct of ‘schizophrenia’ is, contrary to decades of critique and the admissions of DSM committee members themselves, a reliable and valid way of categorising a certain group of people. These things are sorely needed in our conflict-ridden world.

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Nine Actions to Mitigate Specialty Drug Costs

Inside Workplace Wellness

The timing was good, ASHA's PBM contract is out to bid and I've spent the last four months learning what I need to know to evaluate our options. I was happy to share what I've learned and will summarize what I shared here as well with links to some of the things I mentioned. When the administrative and ownership dilemmas (i.e.,

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

Through the four businesses she has founded, which span strategic services, design, construction and events, Burgess helps solve problems for good and create spaces and events that make you feel happy. James believes that we have all learned significant lessons in our lives that will ultimately serve us.