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Doctors Have No Clear Guidance for Tapering Patients Off Antidepressants Without Withdrawal Symptoms That Can Be Severe
Researchers found patients may be unable to bear the withdrawal symptoms and so give up on discontinuation, resulting...
Failure of Antidepressants and Electroshock Starts with False Theory of Chemical Imbalance in the Brain, Researchers Say
Research finds no proof of any brain disorder that antidepressants and electroshock supposedly target and no proof of...
Would Post-Civil War Black History Have Been Entirely Different Without the Prominent Influence of This Profession?
Equitable treatment for African Americans after the war was thwarted by the racist theories actively promoted by...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Human Rights Group Faults Medical Society’s Failure to Note Psychiatrist Masterminds
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27. Psychiatrists’ key role in conceiving and administering mass...
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Human Rights Group Calls for End to Psychological Warrior-style Training of Police
Warrior-type training conditions law enforcement officers to fear the people they serve, putting Blacks at greater...
Doctors Advised to Curb Antidepressant Prescribing Due to Questionable Benefits, Risk of Side Effects Persisting
Antidepressant adverse effects and withdrawal symptoms can continue after quitting, including sexual dysfunction,...
Researchers Recommend New Approaches to Depression, Replacing Reliance on Antidepressants
Antidepressants lack efficacy for most patients, while exposing them to the risks of serious side effects and...
American Psychological Association Apology for Harming People of Color Does Not Go Far Enough, Human Rights Group Says
Psychologists’ history of systemic racism is still ingrained in current practices, which continue to harm and...
Veterans Day:Â Among Those Who Served, High Rate of Suicides Continues; Research Ignores the Link to Psychotropic Drugs
Veterans Health Administration says 4.2 million veterans took psychiatric drugs in 2019, with 1.75 million on...
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