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The Dangers of Precision Medicine: Mental Health Is Not a Battlefield

Mad in America

By blurring the lines between the literal and figurative, battlefield metaphors do more than explain similarities, they also construct them. As Dhruv Khullar observes, terms like ‘fighting’ or ‘battling’ tend to create a perception of health as adversarial, setting a confrontational tone.

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Nine Actions to Mitigate Specialty Drug Costs

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who owns the results of the test--the patient or the entity that paid for it) get ironed out, it will change how formularies are constructed. Generate insights through data aggregation and analytics that will help you prioritize what you want to work on. When the administrative and ownership dilemmas (i.e.,

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The Fallacy of Modern Psychiatry: Treating Symptoms, Ignoring Causes

Mad in America

and of course a host of pharmaceutical drugs. But these patternsseen as symptomsare shaped by systems and constructs psychiatry rarely questions. This expectation is not rooted in nature but in societal constructs that prioritize conformity and productivity over individuality and healing.

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Psychiatry, Capitalism, and the Industrial Machine

Mad in America

Economic systems are portrayed as immutable laws of nature, obscuring the fact that they are human constructs. Education systems prioritize conformity over creativity, training individuals to fit into predetermined roles rather than question the status quo. This compromised reality infiltrates every aspect of life.

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Psychology, Personhood, and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Jeff Sugarman on Theoretical and Critical Psychology

Mad in America

The challenge neoliberalism seeks to address is: How do you govern a population that prioritizes individual freedom above all else? They are not fixed, universal truths; they are constructed within particular historical and social moments. They lack finitude, mortality, and the ability to construct purpose in the way that humans do.