#Psychiatrists

I personally would love psychiatrists to be able to discuss suicide with patients in a way that makes them feel safe and places least restrictive (ideally non-restrictive) interventions in priority
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Please explain to me what "relationship" means in:"Unfortunately, some patients who identify with being harmed by psychiatry have given up on finding that kind of relationship and instead attempt to
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1/4 I started advocacy work years ago after my teen was #prescribedharm & died an avoidable, #akathisia-induced death. Initially, I thought prescribers, medical & #suicide organizations needed to be made
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7. We are not trying to trans people. Really, we're not. Just like gay people aren't trying to make other people gay. It's just that if you're trans we'll show
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Many of my psychiatric colleagues in the real world (outside my little bubble of philosophically minded friends) are so eager to avoid dualism that they fall right into the lap
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Precarious indeed. To repeat myself - not all trans folk seek or have medical gender affirming assistance. This can be because of reasons relating to financial, religious, family, social, employment
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what's even darker about this is that there actually are prescription drugs that do just make you feel better (gabapentin, amitriptyline, mirtazapine) but psychiatrists don't consider "making you feel good"
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I've seen a lot of anti-therapist/getting help stuff going around bc of some people's experiences with it. So buckle up kids because i'm going to talk about my mental health
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“Failure to thrive” is one of the medical examiner’s euphemisms for people who die of no apparent cause, people who, so far as we can tell, “just give up.” The
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In an earlier thread, I spoke about how Sushant Singh Rajput had opened two companies with Rhea Chakraborty. In one, her brother Showik was a director too.Here is one more
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1/I’m shaken by this kind of rhetoric dismissing the very valid concerns of those with lived experience as if it’s just ideology, disinformation, or lacking in “objectivity.” This kind of
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Excellent article from British psychiatrists about the current state of "affirmation only" transgender care. How do we help GNC patients but "first, do no harm"?https://twitter.com/robertod2010/status/1290759442863013890
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Most difficult experiences of being a psychiatrist is the death of a patient under your care by suicide. You try your best that it would never happen but when it
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Just a little positive story: had to fill out the GAD7 & PHQ (Hospital Anxiety & Depression) scores. For an appointment. I explained the the PHQ gives an over-inflated depression
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The mental health crisis isn’t looming. It’s already here. Respectfully dissenting from the “expert opinions,” with another expert opinion, a thread: by NOT an old white guy as requested by
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They believe that by overriding the President's veto...they will keep our military in place stationed in foreign countries...thus blocking NESARA/GESARA...in order to unroll digital wallets & cryptocurrencies...instead of the gold
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