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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

Mad in America

Eli Lilly, the company behind Prozac, funded studies and published journal articles relentlessly reinforcing the message that depression was caused by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), the chemical name for serotonin. Instead, most of the research supporting it came from the labs of corporations.

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Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work? A Deep Dive into Women’s Mental Health

Lightwork

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a powerful therapeutic approach that helps you reshape negative thought patterns and behaviors into positive, adaptive responses. Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) CBT operates on a fundamental principle: your thoughts directly influence your emotions and behaviors.

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What Are the Most Effective CBT Exercises for Managing ADHD Symptoms?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

For many, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to regain focus, build structure, and take control of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, goal-oriented form of talk therapy that focuses on changing negative thought patterns and behaviors.

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ADHD Subreddit Censors ADDitude Information, Links

ADDitude

ADDitude provides free of charge 8,400 articles, weekly webinars with leading experts, numerous newsletters, and hundreds of downloads to help people with ADHD live better. That ADDitudeMag.com is full of articles promoting the use of homeopathy, reiki, and other unscientific quack practices. This is false.

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Stop Using Antidepressants Except for “the Most Severe Depression,” Experts Say

Mad in America

In a new article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), 30+ prominent figures in critical psychiatry call on the UK government to acknowledge the evidence that antidepressants are no better than placebos for most patients and to increase funding of social and psychological interventions while decreasing drug prescriptions.

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These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

Mad in America

A cognitive-behavioral-therapy program for teens had similarly disappointing results—it proved no better than regular classwork. ” Article → Back to Around the Web The post These Teens Got Therapy. The kids are not all right, and frustratingly, we don’t really know how to help them. Then They Got Worse.

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Irish Psychiatry Says Chemical Imbalance Is a Figure of Speech—So, What Now?

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Ireland. The reason we say “gobsmacking” is because it’s not something that Irish psychiatrists have said publicly before, although a representative for the College did say in a 2015 media article that people didn’t really believe it anyway.