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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 3)

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The media should be in an excellent position to challenge popular but damaging health practices by appealing to the available sound health research, but the media—with very few exceptions—has often been propagandized by pharmaceutical and medical device companies about the latest “breakthrough” drugs and other therapies.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

The first therapist I consulted, a gray-haired woman I’ll call Margaret, seemed ill at ease and unsure how to proceed from the outset. Like all three therapists I ultimately consulted, she held a master’s degree in social work. You really need support, help, consultation, peer consultation; these things are all important.”

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Heritability Explains Less About Mental Disorders Than You Think

Mad in America

In a corresponding study led by Jim van Os , a long-standing schizophrenia expert at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, differences in genes only explained 3 percent of the symptoms. This should be taken into account when people with psychiatric diagnoses are advised about their family planning in genetic consultations.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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In the nonprofit sector, she launched and consulted for 320 nonprofit organizations in 31 states, and raised more than $20 million for community causes and charities. Entrepreneur, consultant. Dave Conord is a growth strategist, business leader and consultant. Dave Conord.