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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

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Psychiatric medications are often offered as the default solutionbut without complementary options such as therapy, community support, or trauma-informed care, these prescriptions can become long-term crutches rather than bridges to healing. South Koreas mental health crisis is not simply a matter of individual symptoms.

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Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Clinician’s Middle View

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Suppose exercise is constrained by co-morbidities; and behavioral activation is unrealistic due to life circumstances; and peer and community support is limited; and fish oil is not regarded as a sufficiently robust intervention. It depends,” especially on the definitions used.

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“Progress Only Occurs when People Make Demands”: Paolo del Vecchio Reflects on a Life of Federal Service, and His Fears and Hopes for the Future

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Around the time that SAMHSA was established , in 1993, they used to do an annual conference for the Community Support Program, and there was a track for peers and families. I think SAMHSA’s definition of recovery that we published at the early part of the century continues to hold up over time.