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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

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In Alan Schwarzs article, he mentioned that from 2007 to 2011, prescriptions for Adderall increased by 250%from 14 million prescriptions to significantly more. That first doctor had areputation. After Richard died, I found out so many people I knew had gone to him and had similar experiences. million Adderall prescriptions.

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These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

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From 2007 to 2016, pediatric emergency-room visits for mental-health disorders rose 60 percent. But the consistent failure of these kinds of programs is troubling, because teen mental health is now considered a crisis—one that has so far resisted even well-considered solutions.

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ADHD Drugs Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

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The authors examined data from everyone living in Sweden aged 6-64 who received an ADHD diagnosis or drugs to treat ADHD between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2020. Data on 278,027 service users were explored for inclusion in the study.

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Idaho Keeps Some Psych Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice

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State leaders repeatedly have defended Idaho’s approach — in 1977, 2007 and 2017 — as a temporary measure while the state worked on a stand-alone clinical unit or a permanent secure wing in a hospital. New Hampshire is phasing it out. Those facilities never materialized.

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Despite Safety Risks, Prescribers Receive Little Guidance of Monitoring Antipsychotic Clozapine

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Surprisingly, only one guideline, published in Australia in 2007, met the criteria established by the authors. The guideline addresses three major categories of adverse effects, which include hematologic, metabolic, and cardiac adverse effects.

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Antidepressants May Hasten Decline From Dementia, Study Says

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The study, published Monday in the journal BMC Medicine, analyzed medical data from 2007 to 2018 on 4,271 people with dementia enrolled in the Swedish Registry for Cognitive/Dementia Disorders, a repository on dementia research. All the participants had been on antidepressants for at least six months before the study began.

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What the RADAR Trial Tells Us About Antipsychotic Reduction and Discontinuation

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Wunderink and colleagues also found an increased rate of psychotic relapse at their 18 month follow-up and no difference in social functioning ( Wunderink et al, 2007 ).

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