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Grace vs Shame

Dr. Deb

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Reverted Rights Celebration!

Dr. Deb

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Self Care Tips for Winter Months

Dr. Deb

View my complete profile Mental Health Links A Healthy Place American Psychological Association BringChange2Mind Child Mind Institute Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Depression Health Network Everyday Health Healthline International Bipolar Foundation International Psychoanalysis Modern Psychoanalysis N.A.M.I

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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. I am typing this blog in the back of a taxi wending its way to the airport through the hilly landscape of Sardinia, my beautiful daughter sleeping in the seat beside me.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. My highest mood score came on the day in 2009 when my only child was born. First, how many hours of sleep did I get the night before? I was an 85 that day.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

Mad in America

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). ” Psychiatric Services 60 (2009):1439-1445. The STAR*D study would be conducted in real-world patients, which is why it would be of such prime importance.

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

Mad in America

When I checked the Danish prices in 2009, the rejuvenated drug cost 19 times as much for a daily dose as the original drug. He mentioned that the DSM-IV criteria for primary insomnia do not consider one of the commonest non-medical reasons for difficulty sleeping, a noisy environment. It is the other way around.