Sat.Mar 23, 2024

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The Experience of Survivors of Psychiatry in Brazil

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Mad in Brasil. The author, Mariana Witte Lins, is a psychiatric survivor and moderator of an online peer support group for women in the process of withdrawing from psychiatric drugs. I spent years of my life thinking that mental disorders were illnesses like any other, and that this idea was unquestionable by anyone from a scientific point of view.

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Meet the guy who made a run at Warren Buffett’s billion dollar March Madness Bracket prize

Work Life

Brad Binder’s X page is sporadic and largely desolate. The 34-year-old physical therapist from Mundelein, Illinois, posts occasionally, with a heavy bias towards Chicago-area sports teams (preference goes to the Cubs and Fighting Illini). A 2015 tweet campaigning for Jimmy Butler – Bulls version – for MVP is unearthed after a brief scroll down of his feed.

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Psychologist Kelly Weekers Shares Her Advice for Living Authentically

Success

The first thing you notice about Kelly Weekers is that she has honest eyes, which I suppose is expected for a psychologist who specializes in authenticity. The model-turned-psychologist and author of three books, including the recently released Choosing Me: Staying True to Yourself and Living the Life You Want , has had an exciting career, even winning the 2011 title of Miss Netherlands Universe.

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Can commercial buildings shift from Carbon Conundrum to Carbon Control?

Workplace Insight

A white paper challenging the building sector to consider what is really impeding the move to greater carbon control has been launched at an event in London by Artus. The heating and cooling experts have produced From carbon conundrum to carbon control – how will the building sector get to net zero? to amplify the debate on whole-life carbon, design and the industry’s ability to move forward together to find solutions.

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Half of people ‘struggle’ with the idea of more face to face meetings

Workplace Insight

A new poll claims that over half (52 percent) of office workers in the UK, who have experienced an increase in face to face meetings, are struggling to cope with the increased demand, as business travel and in person time is on the rise. For many this has resulted in an increase in business travel, with 35 percent admitting the frequency of work related travel has steadily increased over the last two years – in fact 66 percent of office workers have travelled up to 50 times for business in