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

Mad in America

If I didn’t find a way to get off those pills, I would’ve ended up handicapped—on government benefits, probably needing someone to take care of me full-time. 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. And he said, “Humility.”

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Appetite for hybrid working shows no sign of letting up at large firms

Workplace Insight

The report, “ Global Hiring Activity Trends & Signals – Q3 2023 ,” claims that sectors such as construction, insurance, banking & payments, technology and communications, and pharmaceuticals posted significant hybrid job roles during the third quarter (Q3) of 2023.

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The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: An Interview with David Taylor and Mark Horowitz

Mad in America

He is also a current member of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and is the only pharmacist to have been made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The NICE guidelines, which are the government guidelines in England, adopted our approach.

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Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Mad in America

In these interviews, I have talked about the components of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, along with how psychiatry meets the political needs of the ruling class and dysfunctional families. Mainstream media is another major player in the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex. Evolutionary geneticist R.C.

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Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek

Work Life

The Japanese government first expressed support for a shorter working week in 2021, after lawmakers endorsed the idea. A recent government white paper on “karoshi,” the Japanese term that in English means “death from overwork, said Japan has at least 54 such fatalities a year, including from heart attacks.

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Nine Actions to Mitigate Specialty Drug Costs

Inside Workplace Wellness

The bipartisan bill amends IRS Section 223 (c)(2)(C), which would provide health savings account eligible high-deductible health plans (HSA-HDHPs) the flexibility to cover services and drugs used to treat chronic diseases prior to neeting the plan deductible. Note: On February 8, 2018, the Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 (S.

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The great trade rearrangement

McKensey

It is lowest for pharmaceutical products (roughly 0.03), midrange (between 0.3 Examples include rare earth magnets, which are used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, and defense applications, as well as some chemicals used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Of course, governments themselves may also shift the trade landscape over time.

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