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You Have the Legal Right to Informed Consent

Mad in America

I didn’t know that I had the legal right to informed consent when I was first prescribed the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant Paxil two decades ago. Although this was a medical malpractice case, Andy Vickery is no stranger to setting legal precedents. I just “blindly trusted” my family doctor.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. If one reads the ADM literature, it is quite apparent that the pharmaceutical industry—with the help of psychiatry—since day one has been involved in a cover up of the dangerousness of these drugs. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6) appeared first on Mad In America.

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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

Mad in America

Much as the court-watching movement shines a light on the unjust workings of the criminal-legal system , Shield activists show up to virtual hearings like Russell’s as witnesses to the injustices of the civil commitment system. Why does a religious organization have legal rights over a man’s life and body in a supposedly secular state?”

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In marketing any product, from laundry detergent to prescription drugs to luxury automobiles, marketers know the key is to keep it simple, and the pharmaceutical industry certainly has learned this lesson well. In this blog, he begins a discussion on depression and antidepressant drugs.

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

Mad in America

This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Those who see healthcare going down the tubes get indignant about these adverts, saying all would be fine if there were no free lunches and doctors were guided by the evidence. They go by the evidence.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

Mad in America

Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, her research addresses the ethical and medical-legal issues that arise in organized psychiatry because of academic-industry relationships. One is on conflicts of interest in medicine broadly, looking at influential information sources that are used by physicians and other healthcare providers.

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An interview with Admin Awards Founder, Sunny Nunan, by Executive Support Magazine

Backbone Blog

Colleen is the legendary Legal Secretary to the late Herb Kelleher, the Founder of Southwest Airlines. There was a winner in one of our cities whose leader was the Chief Medical Officer for a global pharmaceutical company.