informed consent

  • If McDonalds did it-

    By Bill Barbary If McDonald’s funded research claiming eating their food every day was healthy, would you believe it? If McDonald’s helped fund the FDA to approve that research, would you still trust the FDA? If McDonald’s executives moved freely between corporate boardrooms and FDA leadership, would you call that science… or collusion? If McDonald’s…

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    Stand up for Informed Consent

    Planned Events Sign up to host a walk in your area to raise Awareness of this Silent Epidemic of Psychiatric Harm. No experience, no problem. Do you have a local park? yes. Do you have passion? Yes.Do you want to have your voice heard? Yes.Sign up here. For those unable to attend in person we…

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    It’s Time to Start Asking Why

    WHY was he asking questions like: “What is your name?” “What’s your last name?” “Are you famous?” Was he suffering from short-term memory problems? What was he on? Was he taken off any prescriptions recently? Was there a dose change, new drug, rapid taper, cold turkey, or polydrug cocktail? Why do we accept the narrative…

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    Release Australia’s Answer to Deprescribing

      Breaking the Silence: Australia’s New Approach to Antidepressant Tapering For decades, patients prescribed antidepressants have faced a troubling reality: while starting medication is often straightforward, coming off it can be anything but. Withdrawal symptoms are frequently misdiagnosed as relapse, and tapering plans — if offered at all — are vague, rushed, or nonexistent. But…

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    Signs to watch for

    Your relationship may be facing challenges and you don’t know if you’re coming or going. Here are some symptoms to watch for: IrritationConfusionAnger“I love you but I’m not in love with you” Accusations of being trapped or controlledAltered Memories “we were never happy”Black and white thinkingEmpathy disappearsMay offer to leave, divorce, run away This pattern…