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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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Pharmaceutical companies, exerting their influence on academic psychiatry through lucrative honoraria and advisory board payments, have clearly played a role in how antidepressant risks have been presented. It depends,” especially on the definitions used. No single number accurately presents the whole picture of withdrawal.