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151. What An Emergency Hospital Stay Taught Me About Medical Mistrust

A fever with no diagnosis forced me to navigate the system I’ve spent years questioning.

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Brooke Siem
Jul 03, 2025
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A few years ago, at a welcome dinner held prior to a Medicating Normal screening in Virginia Beach, I found myself sitting across the table from Pulitzer Prize Finalist Robert Whitaker of Mad in America, distinguished ADHD researcher Gretchen LeFever Watson, PhD, and Dr. Sami Timimi, an adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist who does not hold back …

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