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Real World Evidence and Cannabis Psychosis

Real Psychiatry

All of this was an obvious prelude to legalization of cannabis and being able to market it as an intoxicant. There was also the idea that the United States was lagging behind the rest of the world in legalization, when it is only fully legal in 9 countries in the world. Picador, 2003: 23. Cannabis A History.

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

Mad in America

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

Mad in America

In multiple studies linking childhood trauma to depression, The Truth About Depression (2003) reports that depression was from 1.6 fold for lifetime depressive disorders. times more common in individuals with a history of significant childhood trauma than in controls who did not report such trauma.

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Student Notebook: A Graduate Student’s Guide to Transdisciplinary Research and Grant Writing

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

1986; Dovidio & Gaertner, 2000; Duncan, 1976; Gaertner & McLaughlin, 1983) and legal frameworks such as the objectively reasonable standard established in Graham v. I outline how I intended to explore the influence of racial bias on public perceptions of police use of force by drawing onaversive racism theory (Dovidio et al.,

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A Guide to Opioid Detox

Clear Behavioral Health

Lean : Commonly referenced in modern pop music, lean is a street name for a liquid drink of Codeine mixed with other medications like promethazine and soda. Opium : A natural substance derived from poppy plants, from which morphine and other opioids like heroin are derived, though sometimes consumed by itself. link] Spencer, M., link] Wesson, D.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

Mad in America

2021; Read & Harrop, 2022; Read & Moncrieff, 2022; Reisner, 2003; Roche, 2016; Rogers, 2021; Schwartzkopff, 2020; Simonson, 2020; Singh, 2016; Sweetmore, 2022; Teixeira, 2020). We Must Not Remove Legal Protections for People at Risk of Forced ECT. Hundreds forced to have ECT without legal representation. link] Dubey, C.

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Pediatric Deaths From Firearms

Real Psychiatry

2024: FOID Fingerprint Requirement - Mandated fingerprint submission for FOID card applicants FOID = Firearm Owner Identification Card 2003: Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act - Established a "shall-issue" system for concealed carry permits. 2015: Suppressor Legalization - Legalized the ownership and use of firearm suppressors.