Psychiatric
Drugs
| Introduction |
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| My name is Dr. Grace
Jackson. I am a Board Certified,
general psychiatrist who is currently employed as the Medical Director of
Critical Access Behavioral Healthcare Agencies (CABHAs) in Greensboro, NC. These agencies deliver extended
psychosocial services (case management, community support teams, and
intensive-in-home support) to Medicaid clients. This presentation has been
prepared by me as an introduction to psychiatric drugs for non-medical
professionals. |
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| Financial
disclosures: |
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| This presentation
was entirely self-funded by the author with no outside support. Between 2003 and 2008, the author served as
an expert witness in several civil cases involving privacy and patient
autonomy (the right to decline toxic drugs).
In 2007 and 2008, the author provided written testimony on behalf of
plaintiffs in three product liability cases involving antidepressants and
suicide. The author owns no stock
holdings or patents in pharmaceutical companies or their products. The author has never participated in
pharmaceutical company speakers’ bureaus or advisory boards, has never
received pharmaceutical company funding for research or travel, and has never
participated in the ghostwriting or sponsored authorship of
publications. The author is not
employed, paid, or sponsored by any religious organization or church,
academic department, medical school, contract research organization, or
association of mental health or medical professionals. |