When do you generally recommend ECT?
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Canadians: What was your longest inpatient stay?
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Canadians: what was your longest inpatient stay?
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Struggling to accept the side effects of my medications.
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Would you take more medication for situational depression?
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Coroner expresses concerns over NHS menopause care after death of teacher
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Mental health staff muted alert before patient death - inquest
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Is all this sleep because I'm healing from psychosis, or a side effect of the medication?
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For those of you who have had inpatient stays: did you need the safety (from imminently hurting yourself or others), or did you need the break from life plus some medications adjustments that could have been done outpatient?
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For people with mood disorders, is it appropriate to increase medication dose when you are aware of a difficult upcoming life event?
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Anyone read the post responses in the Psychiatrist Subreddit where the person with BP2 asks if they should disclose?
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Finding a lawyer to review a CPSA complaint submission?
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Is "Schizoaffective" the new code word for Borderline Personality Disorder?
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How to taper off stimulants for a vacation to a country where they aren't allowed?
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What are your favourite metaphors for describing different mental illnesses/mental illness symptoms?
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Metaphors for psychotic symptoms?
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I feel way worse, my psychiatrist thinks I am better - tips on understanding the discrepancy?
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New Zealand girl, 11, drugged and put on psychiatric ward in identity mix-up
Discussion + counterprogramming against coercive psychiatry and the mental health industrial complex. We think many psych diagnoses do not meet basic medical standards. We think many popular interventions can be more harmful than helpful. Survivor-led, but all are welcome here.
New Zealand girl, 11, drugged and put on psychiatric ward in identity mix-up
Welcome to a community for those who’ve experienced harm in mental health treatment, from medication side effects to therapy abuse. Here, all experiences are valid—from minor disappointments to lasting conditions. This space welcomes those in psychiatric care, alternative treatments, and antipsychiatry alike. No debates, no agendas—just support and validation. Share your story, be heard, and find others who understand the impact mental health care can have, both helpful and harmful.
Can someone with multiple involuntary psych stays become a physician or a lawyer?
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How do the rates of permanent tardive dyskinesia differ from the rates of permanent tardive dyskinesia?
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Are my fears of developing permanent Tardive Dyskinesia disproportionate to the actual risk?
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Not really irritability, but just an inability to handle interruptions?
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Artist moves to Netherlands to pursue End of Life options for Bipolar
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FOIP Access vs Personal Privacy?
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