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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

Mad in America

Their combined marketing power led to an unprecedented, carefully orchestrated promotional effort that fundamentally changed peoples understanding of mental health. They’re too exhausted from seeing patients, documenting notes in electronic health records, and dealing with the frustrations of our mechanized healthcare system.

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When Narratives Clash: Unshrunk and The Cognitive Dissonance of the NY Times

Mad in America

The Clash of Narratives In Unshrunk , Laura tells of how when she read my book Anatomy of an Epidemic, she suddenly saw her past life as a mental patient in a new light. Perhaps it wasnt that she suffered from a mental illness, but rather it was her diagnosis and drug treatment that had caused her such suffering. Case closed.

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Can PTSD Cause Memory Loss?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

The Role of the Hippocampus: Why Trauma Impacts Memory One of the most well-documented effects of PTSD is hippocampus damage. Always seek the guidance of a licensed provider with any questions regarding mental health conditions. <p>The first appeared on Center for Integrative Psychiatry™ | Mental Health Clinic Texas.</p>

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A broken safety net? Social security and mental health

Centre for Mental Health

Our social security system is one of the foundations of the UK welfare state alongside education, health and social care. But their effects on the nations mental health will be just as profound and dangerous. This was a consultation document, though many of its most significant elements are notably not up for consultation.

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“Get Over It”? A Response to Empower Parents to Repair Instead of Victim Blame

Mad in America

Failure to recognize this perpetuates self-blame for adult children, regardless of age. It cites the “alleged” refrigerator mother of the 1940s as well as the rejecting and overprotective mother “allegedly” causing mental illness from the 1950s-1970s. Not blame; it is simply how nature works.

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A Remarkable Feat: A Psychiatric Patient Changed the Law on Restraints

Mad in America

He entered a settlement with the Ministry of Health in December 2021, which obliged the government to amend the Psychiatry Act, so that the rights for psychiatric patients subjected to belt fixation were improved. Silas had autism and came into contact with the psychiatric system at a very young age.

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How will a doctor or mental health provider be able to identify my young child’s mental health concerns?

Kids Mental Health Info

The Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infant and Early Childhood (DC:0-3R). You will want to talk about the options with a health care professional who has experience treating the mental health concern observed in your child. appeared first on Kids Mental Health Info.