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Decolonizing Psychiatry in Pakistan: A Reckoning with our Colonial Past and a Call for Reconstruction

Mad in America

Yousaf Raza Illicit Ties with the Pharmaceutical Industry Prescribing more medications than are justified is the number-one crime of which a shamefully large number of psychiatrists are guilty. The answer is simple: it is also the standard that pharmaceutical companies hold us to. This is where the kickbacks come from.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

While the researcher had just completed his academic training to become a psychiatrist, he received no education at all on the withdrawal issues facing him, as well as more than 1 in 6 patients prescribed antidepressants. If you have concerns or want to consider discontinuing your medications, only do so after consulting your prescriber.

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Ready for a Flexible Work Arrangement as a Parent? Here’s How to Negotiate Better Hours

Success

Now, progressive workplaces and initiatives such as The Mom Project are reframing that conversation and training parents to proceed with confidence. Now, she coaches others on how to achieve their perfect workplace, as a strategic success and workplace wellness coach with TDJ Consulting. She did, and it worked.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 3)

Mad in America

We are all prone to this “wanting to believe,” including me, and as we shall see in healthcare, this need to believe is no respecter of intelligence, level of training, expertise or lack thereof, including one’s ethical level and other qualities. The answer to this question is outside of the physicians training and expertise.

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The American Journal of Psychiatry’s Answer to MIA: A Silence that Speaks Volumes

Mad in America

It founded a “public affairs institute” that trained its members in “techniques for dealing with radio and television.” Eli Lily ran media-training sessions for the academic psychiatrists it hired as consultants so they could hone their delivery of this message. And soon, this was the story that was being told to the public.

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Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The Most by Bill Berman and George Bradt

Workplace Psychology

Jim took a job as controller of a pharmaceutical company 40 minutes from home. Leadership & Talent Development Consultant. It turned out that for the CEO ‘getting the job done’ meant being available and focused seven days a week. It didn’t work at all—for anybody.”. He got to the office every morning by 7 a.m. References.

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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

Mad in America

D octors are not trained to think critically. My fellow students and I started our first year ‘pre-clinical’ training with 4 ½ days a week of lectures. The ward round was a time when the consultant showed his (rarely her in those days) colours. By the end of the training, when I finally qualified as a doctor, I was exhausted.

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