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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023. Life expectancy has increased globally due to advancements in medical technology, better hygiene, and improved access to healthcare. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

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The percentage of sexual dysfunction for SSRI antidepressants runs from 25%–73%, according to a 2010 examination of several studies (in one study of 344 patients who had a history of normal sexual function before SSRI treatments, there was an overall incidence of 58% sexual dysfunction).

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On Not Becoming David Foster Wallace

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(An excellent source of straightforward information on akathisia, including videos and an online course, is MISSD, a medication-induced suicide prevention and education foundation established in the memory of Stewart Dolin, who killed himself in 2010 shortly after being prescribed paroxetine for mild situational anxiety. All of this was new.

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Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later

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But back in 2009-2010, the years of the first of three “suicide clusters” in Palo Alto, teen suicides across America were rarer. Then, finally, technology offered a solution: insurmountably high fences and surveillance cameras. The numbers today truly are staggering. Nearly a dozen Palo Alto teens died this way.

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

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According to a recent survey of American adolescents, American teens reporting daily (or almost) in-person get-togethers plunged from 44 percent in 2010 to 32 percent in 2022. For starters: It reduces the amount of time young people spend in the real world, immersed in real social interactions.