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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

That is, the legal framework and policies and practices for services and support still need to be created, because it is still very institutional, is what activists there have told me, but there are all these reforms underway. I started the book project for two reasons.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

for those on parole or a supervised release from prison in the past 12 months, and 9.2% In evaluating any drug treatment, scientists also examine whether its benefits outweigh its adverse effects. In antidepressant studies, depression remission is routinely reported for 25% to 35% of the subjects. among those who were on probation.

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I feel stuck working for my father, boss disclosed my pregnancy, and more

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I’m extremely upset because (1) I am an extremely private person when it comes to medical issues and (2) I really dislike this coworker and I do not want to discuss my pregnancy nor it’s complications with her Was this disclosure of my pregnancy without my permission legal? Is a good employee harder to manage than a bad employee?

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my boss says grad school will prove I’m serious, being micromanaged after a great review, and more

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I don’t understand why the response to my stellar performance review was to put this kind of supervision in place. I used to work in healthcare so I have pretty strong feelings about sharing medical information and that may be affecting my perspective here. It wasn’t discussed at all. Well, wait.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

Mad in America

But across the country, the towering influence of corporate culture—mass production, mass marketing, mass consumerism, and profit-driven healthcare—has eroded our Main Street America culture and negatively impacted many aspects of our society, including consumer behaviors and the drugs we purchase at our doctors’ recommendation.

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giving feedback to an unprofessional job candidate, staying in a two-bedroom suite with a colleague, and more

Ask a Manager

The hiring manager is my director, who has been under very close supervision by our new CIO due to some performance concerns. I work in corporate healthcare and feel that this would never be acceptable behavior. Is this legal? We both interviewed, along with five other candidates. No decisions have been made. Am I crazy?

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

For over fifty years in America, pro-force family advocacy organizations, closely allied with the medical and judicial establishments, have worked to roll back the clock to the days when they had more legal control over the lives of those under their care. In reality, the laws are drafted with fairly broad eligibility criteria.

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