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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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” The study also sheds light on the factors influencing patients’ decisions to continue, switch, or discontinue antidepressant treatment. Stephenson and a team of researchers from various academic and pharmaceutical institutions, including the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The study was authored by Judith J.

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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

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The ward round was a time when the consultant showed his (rarely her in those days) colours. My intention was to become a GP, but just before I reached that goal, I was side-lined into postgraduate training to become an A&E consultant. We live in a culture which is heavily influenced by social media and the advertising industry.

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How the Medical Profession Pathologizes Emotions and the Damage to Patients

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Not necessarily, but they should, in the interest of holistic and compassionate treatment, be aware of how these factors influence and affect physical functioning. Beyond “Diagnose and Prescribe” Rigid adherence to the model of “investigate, diagnose, prescribe” limits patients’ treatment options to those that are mainly pharmaceutical.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

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Nemeroff and Schatzberg declared 17 industry ties each: Dr. Nemeroff has been a consultant to or received honoraria from Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Forest Laboratories, Janssen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Mitsubishi, Neurocrine Biosciences, Organon, Otsuka, Pfizer, Pharmacia–Upjohn, Sanofi, SmithKline Beecham, Solvay, and Wyeth–Ayerst.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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This is why consulting a doctor can feel like being nice to a policeman. Doctors adamantly insist they are not influenced by adverts. Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. It’s not just the docs, non-medical prescribers are affected, and lots of us are also under the influence.

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

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Inviting someone from outside the group—whether a trusted mentor, an employee from another team, or an external consultant—to explore potential sources of conflict can be a powerful way to ensure that people share the hidden issues they may be harboring. I’ve seen this countless times in my own experience.

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Theodoric of Arizona: State-Sanctioned Pharma-Based Pseudo-Doctor

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link] Bloodletting Was Once a State-Of-The-Art healing intervention A comment on YouTube says the SNL writers consulted with historians to make their skit as historically accurate as possible. I suspect a primary problem is the pharmaceutical industry coming up with new pills to sell.