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The Psychiatrization of Consumers after Harm from Plastic and Cosmetic Procedures

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When plastic surgery goes awry, doctors defend themselves by labeling the harmed patient with mental illness.

A Patient Reads His Psychiatrist

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Dr. W.’s description of me, that I was agitated, insulting, uncooperative, did not match the emotions I was feeling. I felt distraught, hopeless, terrified, and desperate.
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What Does it Mean to Be Borderpolar?

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Psychiatrists believe people can have both bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, referred to as “borderpolar,” although this is not an official DSM diagnosis.

Q&A: How Can We See ADHD From Another Angle, and What Can We Do For Our Kids?

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We all want to help our kids or our students, and sometimes finding the right key to unlock a child’s gifts is a matter of time, patience, trial, and error.
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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Nine)

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Peter Gøtzsche on more harms caused by depression pills, including akathisia and its connection to homicide.
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Psychiatry’s Denial of the Horrors of Tardive Dyskinesia

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Tardive dyskinesia, a serious and horrible harm of psychiatric drugs, is often overlooked or deliberately ignored by psychiatrists.

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