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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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I hope that by telling it, I can help others find a better way to manage their own healthcare, diagnoses, and whatever medications they may or may not choose to take. He started college in 2004, so this would have been 2005 or 2006. No lettersbefore or after my name. Siem: Why dont you introduce us to your son? Its an amphetamine.

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Treat Systems, Not Symptoms: Defending the Sanity of the Oppressed

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Most of the healthcare funding is occurring through centralized and private systems, despite recognition that public and preventive services are more cost-effective and equitable. link] Jomo Kwame Sundaram, “Finance healthcare, not insurance premia”, Inter Press Service, 26 June 2024. do not receive mental health care. 2022, June 17).

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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The 2004 national South Africa Stress and Health study , the first large-scale research project of its kind in the country, found the lifetime prevalence of any DSM mental health diagnosis to be 30.3%. It was also conducted in English, only one of South Africas 12 languages.

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

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A 2004 study , “Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Risk of Depressive Disorders in Adulthood,” reported that exposure to such traumatic experiences is “associated with increased risk of depressive disorders up to decades after their occurrence”; and that childhood emotional abuse increased risk 2.7 fold for lifetime depressive disorders.

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

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The report concluded that the regulatory agency (now The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, or MHRA) had become too close to the industry, with common policy objectives, agreed processes, frequent contact, consultation and interchange of staff. 2004, December 26). Bloomsbury Press. The Lancet , 387(10034), 2339.

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

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An analysis of adverse drug events submitted to the FDA between 2004 and 2009 identified 1,937 cases of violence, 387 of which were homicide. In evidence-based healthcare, we do not use interventions that do more harm than good, which psychiatry does. Brain-active substances can lead to violence, including murder.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. Furberg 12 studied under the Freedom of Information Act the question of prescription drugs and violent behavior by reviewing the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) from the years 2004 to 2009. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6) appeared first on Mad In America.