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Tag Archives: Psychiatry
Exercise or Insulin?
Sorry. A doctor poisoned me with unmonitored lithium. There is no literature about the effect of lithium poisoning on the immune system, however, I clearly have immune dysfunction, type unknown. It causes, among other things, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypersensitivity … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Illness & Health, Power, Medical care, Depression, Powerlessness, Pharmaceuticals, drugs
Tagged depression, antidepressants, drugs, lithium, immune system, power, Psychiatry, chronic fatigue syndrome, insulin, exercise, helplessness, hypersensitivity to medication, central nervouse system
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The Psychiatric Interview
I was about to be subjected to the manipulations of the defense team’s psychiatrist. This was not going to be some impartial, neutral psychiatrist who would try to be objective. This would be defense attorney Ed Gerber’s chosen psychiatrist who … Continue reading
Posted in Onondaga County, physician, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged District Attorney's Office, Ed Gerber, Guido Viseone, honor, integrity, John Lang, justice, Onondaga County, Peter Andreoli, Psychiatry, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, right, Special Prosecutor's Office, truth, William Day
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SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual by Anne C Woodlen Now for sale to you, this 60-page collection of 23 essays recently sold out at Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference. “The great jazz bassist Ron Carter once described good jazz … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, Fraud, God, Government Services, Health Care, Holistic, Housing, Humor, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Sex, Spirituality, Values
Tagged health care, mental illness, relationships, psychiatric disorders, diagnosis, mental disorder, depression, bipolar, antidepressants, values, death, Medicare, Medicaid, end-of-life, doctors, drugs, pharmaceuticals, problem solving, power, God, disability, Medicine, Physician, Health, patients, Psychiatry, Sleep apnea, Psychiatrist, Conditions and Diseases, poverty, Patient, Onondaga County New York, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, CPEP, Post-Standard, Benjamine Rush Center, Lorazepam, Peter Breggin, Richard Gottlieb, Social work, Surviving Psychiatry, Emergency psychiatry, mental hospital, reform
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Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference 2012
One of the greatest things in the world is coming home. I come through the front door, crawl into my jammies, pour a big glass of my usual iced tea and sink into bed. The hotel where the Empathic Conference … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, disability, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged antidepressants, death, depression, diagnosis, Dick Gottlieb, doctors, drugs, Empathic Therapy Conference, maltreatment, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, NIMH, patients, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, Physician, problem solving, Prozac, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrically maltreated, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Seroquel, suicide, Surviving Psychiatry
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Surviving Psychiatry: A User’s Manual
Surviving Psychiatry A User’s Manual Anne C. Woodlen The great jazz bassist Ron Carter once described good jazz as a delicate balance of the predictable and the unpredictable. Too predictable and it bores the listener, too … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Health Care, Death, Mental Illness & Health, Values, Spirituality, Power, disability, disability rights, power wheelchairs, advocacy, activism, Medical care, American medical industry, God, Depression, Powerlessness, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Inpatient psychiatry, drugs, physician
Tagged health care, mental illness, psychiatric disorders, diagnosis, mental disorder, depression, bipolar, antidepressants, doctors, drugs, pharmaceuticals, power, God, disability, Medicine, Physician, patients, Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, healing, recovery, poverty, Onondaga County New York, Antidepressant, St. Joseph's Hospital, CPEP, Stephen Wechsler, Paul Cohen, Nasri Ghaly, Anne C Woodlen, survival, Peter Breggin, Richard Gottlieb, Milton C. Woodlen, Elizabetgh C. Woodlen, Hutchings, Benjamine Rush
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Life Review
A few weeks ago I asked my therapist, “What am I doing here?” “Life review,” she replied. I lost my life to antidepressants. I suppose that’s why I’m having episodes of depression. The trigger for depression is the perception of powerlessness … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged abuse, Antidepressant, antidepressants, degradation, depression, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, humiliation, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, Patient, patients, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry
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Recovering from Mental Illness
There is currently a discussion going on at LinkedIn about recovering from mental illness. One question is “What is recovery?” I went to a conference on recovery and somebody asked the conference leader why it was called “recovery.” His reply was, … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Powerlessness
Tagged anger, Antidepressant, antidepressants, bipolar, Chemical imbalance, depression, doctors, Dr. Peter Breggin, drugs, empathic therapist, Health, health care, medication spellbinding, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, patients, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, Physician, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, recovery, relationship, relationships, Schizophrenia
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CPEP: The Uncovered Story (Part II)
Mental illness is neither glamorous nor popular, and is treated behind locked doors, so it gets ignored. St. Joseph’s cardiac care services are ranked number one in the state; Crouse Hospital has the best Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a fifteen-county area; … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, God, Government Services, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, Crouse Hospital, doctors, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, God, health care, inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, patients, Physician, Post-Standard, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse Newspapers, Upstate Medical Center, Veterans Administration Hospital
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Behind the Locked Doors
One day I asked a writer-friend who had read a lot of my writing what he was most interested in reading. He said, “The things about inpatient psychiatry.” The doors are locked—nobody knows what goes on behind them. I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, disability, Health Care, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged antidepressants, Benjamin Rush Center, bipolar, Community General Hospital, CPEP, depression, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, Four Winds, health care, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, National Institute of Mental Health, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, suicide, Syracuse Psychiatric Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
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Behind the Locked Doors of Inpatient Psychiatry: About the Author (Part I)
When I was fourteen, I was diagnosed with depression and saw a psychologist for psychotherapy twice a week for about a year and a half. It was ineffective, so I got shipped off to boarding school. The bouts of depression … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Powerlessness
Tagged antidepressants, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, depression, drugs, hospital, immune system, inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, overdose, pharmaceuticals, pheromones, physicians, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, psychologist, Psychotherapy, suicide, therapist
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