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Eyes, Ears, and Emotion: Techniques to Tackle Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatric Times

1 Kellogg outlined what he sees as the three core diagnostic challenges for bipolar: patient factors (like expressing their emotions), clinician challenges (like hearing and recognizing subtle symptoms), and the absence of definitive lab tests.

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The Moral World of Personality Disorder Assessment

Mad in America

The definition important tasks shows that the question is about something that should be taken seriously. The fact that a diagnosis such an antisocial personality disorder does not prevent a person from facing legal consequences suggests that we implicitly maintain the assumption of agency.

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How to Set Your Rates with Confidence as a New Therapist

Zencare

It is not financial, legal, or tax advice. Reframe Your Mindset: Pricing Isn’t Personal Here’s a tough truth: undercharging doesn’t serve anyone — not your clients, and definitely not you. How Does Psychology Impact Pricing for Therapists? It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that lower fees equal more compassion.

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The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment: Are Protection and Advisory Councils Fulfilling Their Mission?

Mad in America

History of P&As and PAIMI Funding The Protection and Advocacy system was established federally in the 1970s to create state-level organizations with special investigative and legal powers to uphold the rights of people with physical or intellectual disabilities. higher court rulings.

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Are We Sober Yet?

Mad in America

They joined a legal 501c3 that offered Ayahuasca ceremonies twice a month that lasted all weekend. Codependency became abuse—definitions changing on a whim. They were all sober under this definition. They definitely won’t help everyone, and I’m afraid we will see more experiences like my friends.

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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

Mad in America

Its basically legal speed, and it can have some really bad effects. Fee: There were definitely multiple. We didnt pursue legal action against any of the doctorswe just didnt have the fight left in us. Siem: Around 2005 or 2006? He started college in 2004, so this would have been 2005 or 2006. Its an amphetamine.

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IEP Tips From An Education Lawyer And IEP Advocate (with Associate Attorney Alexandra Rosenblatt and BCBA Annie McLaughlin)

Behavioral Collective Podcast

She’s also looking for Annie’s expertise to provide recommendations because that’s what she relies upon with her legal work Annie is the one that provides the recommendations and Alexandra provides the legal arguments Is it common for families to have an IEP advocate and/or an education lawyer? [5:20]