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Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Candida Fink discusses the issues surrounding the use of antipsychotic medications in children and what…
If you’ve seen the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, you may recall the fearsome side effects of electroconvulsive…
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