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

Mad in America

He died in November 2011. In Alan Schwarzs article, he mentioned that from 2007 to 2011, prescriptions for Adderall increased by 250%from 14 million prescriptions to significantly more. Siem: How long was the period between when you first found out he was on Adderall and when he died? So, two years. He was totally different.

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Self Stolen: How ECT Fried My Brain

Mad in America

Even though I had an A average in college at Colorado State University, I dropped out of CSU in 2013, and having tried over 20 different antidepressants and mood stabilizers since 2011, ECT was recommended to me. I was told that only temporary, minor memory loss was possible, in rare cases, before starting ECT in 2013.

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These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

Mad in America

Most teen girls—57 percent—felt ‘persistently sad or hopeless’ in 2021, up from 36 percent in 2011. From 2007 to 2016, pediatric emergency-room visits for mental-health disorders rose 60 percent. That figure is a still-not-great 29 percent among teen boys.

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The Troubled-Teen Industry Offers Trauma, Not Therapy

Mad in America

In a 2008 congressional hearing, a parent described how her child was subjected to attack therapy — brutal emotional assaults and public humiliation aimed at breaking down problematic personalities at the school, which was shut down in 2011 after a lawsuit helped bankrupt it. But until Ms.

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Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

Mad in America

Searching for the Psychiatric Yeti To sum it all up, Torrey quotes a number of eminent researchers on the failure to identify a genetic basis for schizophrenia: Gershon, 2011: “Where is the missing heritability? […] Among scientists in the field, there is a sense of disappointment in the air.”

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Beyond the Mood Boost: How Journaling Rewires Your Brain for Resilience

Child Mind Intitute

Studies suggest that putting feelings into words may help with cognitive reappraisal, or the process of reframing a situation to lessen its emotional impact (Lieberman et al., This likely involves the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s control center for planning, decision-making, and emotional control. link] Lieberman, M. Inagaki, T.

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Gary Bennett Inducted as SBM President-Elect

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

He is a long-time SBM member who planned the societys 2011 Annual Meeting as program chair and who served as a member delegate on the Board of Directors from 2011-14. Bennett was selected as president-elect through a vote by SBM members. He is a current member of SBMs Development Committee.

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