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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

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Legislative and Policy Frameworks Triestes success is underpinned by Italys strong legal commitment to human rights in mental health care, exemplified by Law 180, which abolished psychiatric hospitals. While Irelands Mental Health Act (2001) has undergone review, it still falls short in fully safeguarding rights.

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The Great Grey Beast

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But in March 2001, things went sideways and I heard the growl of the beast, felt its shadow eclipsing me once again. I was emancipated on September 4th, 2001, two days after my eighteenth Hatching Day. I killed Dr. Robert Schwartz on December 8th, 2001 and was arrested for it on December 12th. Ninety-nine days.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

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Whether drugs are legal or illegal, it is unhealthy to perturb brain functions with them. In 1990-92, 12% of the US population aged 18–54 years received treatment for emotional problems, which went up to 20% in 2001–2003. I’ve never experienced anything like this before!

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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In The Great Psychotherapy Debate (2001), Bruce Wampold notes that while therapists tend to believe their therapy techniques—such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—are significant, patients believe having someone who understands them and is interested in them is most important.

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You Have the Legal Right to Informed Consent

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I didn’t know that I had the legal right to informed consent when I was first prescribed the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant Paxil two decades ago. Although this was a medical malpractice case, Andy Vickery is no stranger to setting legal precedents. million verdict against GSK in the 2001 Tobin case.

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Conservatorship: The Racket That Ruined My Father’s Last Years

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Unfortunately, this phrase is not legally binding. They could not have known — so few people do — that a system of legalized theft exists that would toss aside their plans and siphon off much of their money. My mother passed away in 2001. That’s when I sought out legal counsel by obtaining my own attorney, John Barlow.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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Department of Justice, the Journal’s editorial team undertook a thorough evaluation of the article, the legal settlement, and related materials. In 2012, the editor-in-chief of JAACAP , Andrés Martin, wrote to Jureidini: “Following the June 27, 2012 settlement between GlaxoSmithKline and the U.S. Protocol B1Y-MC-HCJE. 6 Mosholder AD.