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ADHD Nation


From New York Times Book Review, a review by Steve Silberman of ADHD Nation written by Alan Schwarz and telling the story of the Making of an American Epidemic, one that has sadly been followed in many other countries. Disorders … Continue reading

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Generation Rx


– the use and abuse of prescription pain medication source: wikipedia commons Special town hall edition of the very excellent White Coat Black Art CBC radio show with Dr Brian Goldman: and recorded at Brockville Collegiate Institute in Brockville. According to … Continue reading

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Despondex


from the Onion News Network comes a report on an important new breakthrough drug aimed to cure the unsufferable cheeriness experienced by millions of N Americans. The report includes the usual rebuttal by some Doctor who says we can get the … Continue reading

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The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? Part 2


The Illusions of Psychiatry Article by  Marcia Angell in New York Review of Books Second part of an article on three books examining modern psychiaty’s reliance on unproven science, unscientific diagnoses and unproven medications to  treat the  increasingly large portion of  the human condition that it … Continue reading

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