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Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy: Stratgies for Building Trust

Total Wellness

The reasons behind vaccine hesitancy are multifaceted, from mistrust in pharmaceutical companies and governments to the rampant spread of misinformation on social media. Below, learn more about the challenge of vaccine hesitancy and find out how employers can address it.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

It seemed then that pharmaceutical companies had discovered scientific, targeted treatments for depression, free of side effects. The Government Accountability Office has shown that 94% of veterans treated at the VA for depression are prescribed antidepressant medications.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

Mad in America

For Part 2, we will be covering reader questions on pharmaceutical marketing and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? Society is saying, “Wow, we’re learning so much from brain research.” How about the kids?

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The 50 colleges and universities making an outsize impact on business and society

Work Life

With Ignition Schools, we’re formalizing the analysis of the colleges and universities where some of the world’s greatest ideas originate, using metrics such as the number of venture-backed companies founded by students and alumni, the total venture money raised by students and alumni, and government research and development expenditures.

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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. You can learn more about Russell and his book on his website at RussellBishop.com.

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Tackling Health Spending

Inside Workplace Wellness

On Thursday, the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and Health Affairs launched a new initiative to address health spending called Going Below the Surface. There is no public support for rationing care, so the government can't put the breaks on, at least not at the federal level. I look forward to seeing what we learn.

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The Psychiatric Peddlers in Your Schools

Mad in America

What is a teacher to make of such foolishness, or of such contempt for learning? If only he could apply himself to his study of history and government he would be well qualified for the job (But who are we kidding? Historically, the treatment would be discipline. Those aren’t prerequisites for becoming a senator).