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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

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Depression was sold to us as a simple problem of serotonin insufficiency, a convenient narrative that made drug companies like Eli Lilly, Forest Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer very rich. As a former pharmaceutical advertising writer, I not only witnessed the explosive growth in antidepressant drugs, I contributed to it.

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Between Diagnoses and Dialogue: The Silent Conflict Between Psychiatry and Psychology

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This deep divide is not merely theoretical: it plays out in clinical settings, within healthcare systems, and in the lived experience of those seeking support. For many psychologists, care begins with listening — not with labelling.

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Psychiatry: Medical Science of Mind or Moral Ideology?

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Doing so would also include allowing them to bear the potential consequences of rejecting assistance, such as legal action and social disapproval, as well as the consequences of requesting assistance, such as the potential harms of pharmaceutical interventions.

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Beyond Medicalization: Psychedelic Therapy and the Promise of Community-Based Healing

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House Bill 25-1063 , approved in April 2025, represents one such effort, revealing the intersection of commercial interests, intellectual property concerns, and the pharmaceutical model’s influence on psychedelic policy.

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It’s a No-Brainer: Living Proof We Are More Than Our Parts

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Because pharmaceutical companies need targets. And psychiatry serves the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Intervention: At 13, she underwent a hemispherectomy at Valley Children’s Healthcare to disconnect the right side of her brain. It functions as a unified process, not a collection of parts. Because they’re easy to teach.

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Two Decades of PSSD: A Life Stolen by Antidepressants

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Once again, a pharmaceutical had altered an essential part of my body. Countless supplements and over 30 different pharmaceuticals, I pretty much tried it all. The response to PSSD from many healthcare professionals has very often been an immensely demeaning and negative experience. I started freaking out.

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

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I hope that by telling it, I can help others find a better way to manage their own healthcare, diagnoses, and whatever medications they may or may not choose to take. I dont know this for a fact, but Id bet a lot of money goes into The New York Times from pharmaceutical advertising. No lettersbefore or after my name.

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