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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

Calming It Down In 2017, I began seeing the new psychiatrist, Dr. B, and he followed the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for treating drug-induced movement disorders by prescribing a beta-blocker and then later, a centrally acting alpha agonist, or Alpha-1, also an antihypertensive. If and when something helped, it never lasted.

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Sex and Psychiatry: The Sizzling, Steamy, Neglected Topic

Psychiatric Times

Albright, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and founder of Sweetgrass Psychiatry, highlighted the neglected nature of sexual health in psychiatry and the need for better education and open conversations. Additionally, she always warns patients that certain medications could potentially cause sexual health adverse effects.