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Leaving Biological Psychiatry Behind: An Interview With Rodrigo Nardi

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It’s five years of study and in the last year, you work as a psychologist under supervision. Medical school is six years and during the last one to two years, you work as a doctor under supervision. Siem: You don’t serve the pharmaceutical company who might be paying you on the side. However, learn the legalities.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

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In some places, it says it requires a minimum of three years of experience and in others it states 2000 supervised hours (about a year of full-time work). Two of the largest organizations representing therapists, the American Psychological Association and the National Association of Social Workers, took legal action.

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

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With the explosion of more and more drugs in cabinets across the country, more and more children are dying—but still, pharmaceutical companies push their products, leading to yet more drugs and yet more deaths. Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, in our village community the pain of losing a single child was felt by all.