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Teralyn Sell and Jenn Schmitz: Breaking Out of the Prison of Prescribing and Finding the Freedom of Therapy

Mad in America

Dr. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. She bridges the gap between traditional mental health care and integrative brain health solutions with formal training in holistic nutrition and biology.

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Grandparents and Grandchildren: A Psychiatrist and His Granddaughter Share Their Relationship Implications for Mental Health

Psychiatric Times

Steven Moffic, MD , Mira Goldstein Series | Psychiatric Views on the Daily News Key Takeaways Grandparent-grandchild relationships are often neglected in psychiatric evaluations, despite their potential positive impact on mental health and well-being. Probably at most inquiring about any family history of mental illness.

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Integrating Redemption in Psychiatry, Part 3: A Nod to the Late Brian Wilson

Psychiatric Times

Another example in the news was the recent death at age 82 of the well-known musician Brian Wilson, one of the original Beach Boys. Psychiatry’s clear essential value is mental health. He is an advocate and activist for mental health issues related to climate instability, physician burnout, and xenophobia.

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

Mad in America

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

Mad in America

Mom continued to struggle to overcome depression until her death in 2002. No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. The Office on Women’s Health emphasizes psychosocial causes as being significant in PPD.

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

Mad in America

As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. 23,24 In 2013, I estimated that, in people aged 65 and above, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines or similar, and depression drugs kill 209,000 people annually in the United States. for those aged 70-79.

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Death and Personal Aid in Dying (PAID)

Psychiatric Times

Including mental disorders in aid-in-dying criteria raises ethical concerns, challenging traditional views on mental health treatment. Now, as some countries start to include ongoing and severe mental disorders as being acceptable for aid in dying, that adds to the controversies. He presented the third Rabbi Jeffrey B.