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My Mother Had to Be Dying Before Anyone Would Take Her Off the Drugs

On hospice, a psychiatrist finally said yes to deprescribing. Once someone is on hospice, taking medications away becomes the ...
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A Psychedelic-Therapy Paper Has Sat Under an Expression of Concern Since March. Sage Still Hasn’t Decided.

A 2021 paper on the ethics of psychedelic-assisted therapy has carried a publisher-issued Expression of Concern since 12 ...
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The Existential Was Never Meant to Be Solved Alone

L eaving my weekly session with an existential therapist, I find myself reflecting on the interaction. I notice a modest ...
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Mummy, You Were Never the Same After Hospital

As a mother my involuntary psychiatric treatment profoundly impacted my young children, and it was also an even more ...
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Canadian Psychiatric Hospital Under Investigation for Human Rights Violations

The Restigouche Hospital Centre is under investigation for human rights violations against patients, reports Savannah Sawde ...
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Rising Number of People Seeking ADHD Diagnosis Without Treatment, say Experts

From The Guardian. “People are increasingly seeking to an obtain an ADHD diagnosis without pursuing treatment, according to experts who have called for more research to understand why. Some people now ...
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The Cure for Iatrogenesis Is a Lonely Place

From Mad in Deutschland: The Greek word iatrogenesis (from iatros = doctor and genesis = origin) refers to direct health damage due to medical treatments, such as side effects of medications. When I ...
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Independent Evaluation Finds No Benefit to Coercion Under New York’s Kendra’s Law

A new state-commissioned evaluation finds that people under court-ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment had outcomes comparable to those receiving voluntary services, while reporting fear, loss of ...