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May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem

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I’m diagnosing a depressive and anxiety disorder and recommending medication.” So I just thought that maybe I needed to change pharmaceuticals, not change who I was and my perspective. She called my mother one day, I didn’t know this at the time and said, “I’m recommending a psychiatrist.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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The mental health industry, including therapists, pharmaceutical companies, and even heads of departments and trauma experts, have a vested interest in diagnosing as many individuals as possible. Jonathan Haidt has described the current generation as fragile due to being overprotected and less resilient.