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

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If the economy tanks or there is some huge disaster that traumatises loads of people, that could be great news for my job security! 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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How The Integrated Approach of Virgin Pulse and HealthComp is Changing the Future of Health Equity 

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Economic Stability: Financial resources available to an individual, income, cost of living, poverty, food security, and housing stability. Neighborhood and Built Environment: Housing quality, transportation access, availability of nutritious foods, pollution levels, and neighborhood crime.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

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This isn’t an anxiety to pathologize or suppress, nor is it something we can avoid by just eating gluten-free food or avoiding caffeine. Our hormones, our gut health, micronutrient deficiencies, the degree to which we have inflammatory molecules coursing through our bloodstream—there’s an enormous influence from food.

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

Mad in America

Finally, I was not able to do the most primitive things, to cook, to care for my food As I said before, you can read the story in my personal contribution to the book Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs (2). Together we wrote an informational brochure about neuroleptics free from the commercial interests of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Over-stressing Stress: American Psychological Association Report Omits Oppression

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A recent example is the work of the medical anthropologist , James Davies, who details how medicalization, the ever-expanding use of pharmaceuticals, and a consumerist philosophy based in modern capitalism has depoliticized our mental distress while driving higher levels of suffering.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

FDA approves Food and Drugs—on the basis of assays. Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. A century ago, Paul Ehrlich, whose research helped create the modern pharmaceutical industry, saw the ideal medicine as a Magic Bullet, a drug that hits a target without causing collateral damage.

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Super Bowl Commercials Prove Advertising is the Ultimate End Game

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Advertisers have also secured premium commercial slots of historic value this year, reminding us why TV ads are still producing record pricing and engagement. In 2024, Microsoft secured a 60-second Super Bowl slot to introduce its historic leap into artificial intelligence, unveiling Copilot to the world.