Welcome to today’s show!

WHAT WE’LL LEARN:

• How Ian Hamilton’s upbringing as a preacher’s kid (Dad was an Evangelical Preacher) led to him eventually becoming an Agnostic
• How Ian Hamilton felt a “loss” in the religious community when he turned away from religion and how he feels about it now
• How his upbringing and his training as a Psychiatric Nurse informed his decision to pursue drug addiction research and treatment
• How Adina compares Ian Hamilton’s work to Dr. Gabor Mate’
• Why Ian Hamilton decided to write his article in response to the UK government report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)
• Ian’s article focuses on: the rise in prescription drugs, the length of time people stay on these drugs, and how geographic areas are linked to the amount of drugs that are prescribed.
• How the pharmaceutical company is not doing their due diligence
• How do you distinguish between which symptoms are due to dependence on the pills and which are symptoms of Mental Health?
• What are the concerns patients raised due to their experience with antidepressants
• Why Ian feels we rely too much on randomized control studies and not the concerns voiced by the thousands of people taking the drugs
• What we as clinicians and medical professionals can do to help our clients or patients
• How diagnosing Mental Health is complex and related to more than just your biochemistry. It is more than your genetic predisposition
• Why Ian feels hopeful about the future of addiction recovery

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• BMJ Article 
• Dr. Gabor Mate’
• Ian’s Twitter Account

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