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

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The journal continued to be in good hands, and thus one of the few journals that was receptive to research findings that belied the narrative of therapeutic progress that the psychiatric guild and pharmaceutical companies have been promoting for decades. Its loss is a loss for us all. This led experts in mood in disorders in the U.S.,

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Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’

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Information produced by professional bodies and charitable groups also promotes this view and it is reported by the media as if it were established fact. Davies describes a comprehensive UK government report on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry the House of Commons Health Select Committee Report on the Pharmaceutical Industry.

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Why Inclusive Design Is The Key To Equitable Workspaces In The Future of Work

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Currently, Ballinger is part of a team ensuring that a major pharmaceutical company’s workspaces embody inclusive design practices and provide an equitable experience for all employees. Neighborhoods can also be used to both foster community and give the individual a sense of ownership and control.

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Antidepressant Trials “Hijacked for Marketing Purposes,” Researchers Say

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They looked at the largest, most influential clinical trials of antidepressants and found that almost half were so biased that they could be considered “seeding trials”—or studies that provide marketing materials for the pharmaceutical industry, not valid scientific data. Large trials are rare in the field of antidepressant research.

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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

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of Koreans reported experiencing at least one mental health issue in the past year, such as chronic stress, anxiety, or depressive symptoms. At the same time, the use of psychiatric medicationincluding controlled psychotropic substancesis also climbing. The Numbers Behind the Crisis In a 2024 national survey , 73.6%

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The “Madness” of Inpatient Psychiatry

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Those trapped there due to their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are controlled by pharmaceutical Americans and their cultish mindset hailing drugs at the expense of everything else. The individual cannot directly control when they can escape and dare not step out of line in this process.