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Psychology, Personhood, and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Jeff Sugarman on Theoretical and Critical Psychology

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His extensive body of work includes Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency (2010), Psychology and the Question of Agency (2003), and The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (1999) books that challenge psychologys tendency to isolate individuals from history, culture, and power structures.

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

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It doesnt seem beyond the realm of possibility that pharmaceutical companies would deliberately disrupt the conversation in similar ways, and indeed James Davies in his book Sedated gives evidenced examples of them selectively publishing research data on the efficacy of their drugs (Davies, 2022). Davies, 2013, p.30) & Trans.),

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Real World Evidence and Cannabis Psychosis

Real Psychiatry

health and wellness industry compared with the total pharmaceutical industry value of $602B. Picador, 2003: 23. Rhetoric is always a significant factor in the United States, especially when there are large sums of money at stake. Depending on who you read the $38.5B cannabis industry is part of the $1.8T Cannabis A History.

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

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Schatzberg has served as a consultant to or received honoraria from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Corcept Therapeutics, Forest Laboratories, Janssen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Mitsubishi Pharmaceuticals, Organon, ParkeDavis, Pfizer, Pharmacia–Upjohn, Sanofi, Scirex, SmithKline Beecham, Solvay, and Wyeth–Ayerst.

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Our Medical System Protects Wrongdoers and Punishes Whistleblowers: An Interview with Carl Elliott

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An influential voice in bioethics, Elliott is known for his critical examination of the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Despite this, in 2003, he received the American Psychiatric Association’s Distinguished Life Fellowship Award. However, when individuals are caught abusing their power, the institution supports them.

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Schizophrenia and Homosexuality: My Experience and Case Studies

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In the year 2003 appeared a most fascinating book entitled Schizophrenia: The Bearded Lady Disease by J. The psychiatrists in question want to uphold the pharmaceutical hoax based on the idea that mental illness results from a chemical imbalance in the brain. The film was made for a nave American audience. Michael Mahoney.