2013 Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 
Mad in America
APRIL 16, 2024
In 2013, I estimated that our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer, 1 and in 2015, that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third leading cause of death. As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%.
Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.” In October 2019, during Matt’s move to a new apartment, I observed that Matt was emotionally paralyzed, unable to pack from lack of sleep.
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Mad in America
MARCH 19, 2024
At this time, I also needed to pay for my second-year master’s programme and there was no money so I thought I would drop out, but God used someone to provide for me and I was able to pay and conclude my master’s programme in 2013. I have also learnt so many things about mental health and my hope for the future has increased.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. However, meta-analyses of the randomised trials have found that depression pills double not only the risk of suicide; they also double suicides, with no age limits. [11]
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. The Office on Women’s Health emphasizes psychosocial causes as being significant in PPD. Kelly Brogan , a holistic women’s health psychiatrist, reports significant concerns about brexanolone.
Mad in America
JANUARY 4, 2025
As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). “The esteem held by our field in the age of modern medicine rests on the validity of our scientific pursuits.
Real Psychiatry
DECEMBER 7, 2024
A standard research technique to assess stress effects on blood pressure is to ask subjects to do mental arithmetic and it generally leads to a blood pressure effect like what the authors describe in this paper of 20 mm systolic or 10 mm diastolic. Access to the electronic health record can show long term trends. 2013 Dec;62(6):982-7.
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