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The “Madness” of Inpatient Psychiatry

Mad in America

Those trapped there due to their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are controlled by pharmaceutical Americans and their cultish mindset hailing drugs at the expense of everything else. During this, they are under constant surveillance with very limited outside communication, no internet, and no cell phone.

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How to manage conflict on your team when you’ve been avoiding it forever

Work Life

Normalize experimentation As teams and organizations evolve, norms around conflict and communication will inevitably have to evolve too. A brusque communication style that encourages open discussion in one context may falter when a company acquires a business with a less direct culture.

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. The following is a guest post by Russell Bishop. You’ll be glad you did.

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I was laid off and now my manager wants my help, I don’t want my company car, and more

Ask a Manager

Also, there must be legal issues regarding an employer forcing an employee to spend money on something they don’t want to have. I work as at a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company as an administrative assistant. Even though I earn a really good salary, it irks me that I spend over $3,500 a year for a car I don’t want.

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

Mad in America

Much as the court-watching movement shines a light on the unjust workings of the criminal-legal system , Shield activists show up to virtual hearings like Russell’s as witnesses to the injustices of the civil commitment system. Why does a religious organization have legal rights over a man’s life and body in a supposedly secular state?”

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

Julie continued to offer a string of suggestions in her breezy manner, often with a bit of a know-it-all tone, making confident assumptions about what things must be like for me based on the few details I had communicated. Clinical data on the effectiveness of BetterHelp treatment is scant.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

Mad in America

In marketing any product, from laundry detergent to prescription drugs to luxury automobiles, marketers know the key is to keep it simple, and the pharmaceutical industry certainly has learned this lesson well. How can one account for such an enormous increase in the prevalence of the disorder? Is it communicable or in the water?