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From the Dopamine Theory to the Outcomes Paradox

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There is, after all, plenty of stigma against those experiencing mental ill-health in both richer and poorer societies. China, obviously, has its own large manufacturing capacity. The UK public health research body NIHR parroted that remitted patients benefit from continuing on olanzapine.

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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

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I don’t think there’s enough actual oversight, whether civilian or governmental, of the mental health system, and it does a ton of harm.” In a 2005 paper , Gottstein wrote that the “involuntary mental illness system operates largely illegally.” Russell’s request was again denied.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

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Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse. Mental Disorder Has Roots in Trauma and Inequality, Not Biology Allan M.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

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Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. This alienation is of course quite stressful and a source of ill-health. The natural course of depression without any medication?

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A Guide to Opioid Detox

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Genetic predisposition, a history of trauma, mental health disorders, and even the accessibility of opioids all contribute to an individuals vulnerability to addiction. Fentanyl : Although sometimes used in hospital settings, illicit fentanyl is also manufactured and distributed on the street. What is Opioid Detox Like?

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Something Broken: My Mother’s Story

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For most of the twenty-five months following my birth, she had been incapable of sleeping or maintaining a daily routine. Every unhappy, disrespectful, argumentative, disruptive, independent, strong-willed, or even docile daughter might be labelled crazy and committed to a mental hospital briefly or forever. Two years later, U.S.