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

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DSM-5 (2013) moved away from listing specific events and focused more on the subjective experience, including responses to threats of death, serious injury, or violence. Life expectancy has increased globally due to advancements in medical technology, better hygiene, and improved access to healthcare.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

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No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. The article also cites a study from 2013 that “found that including a doula in prenatal care reduces adverse birth outcomes while benefiting mothers, babies, and the medical community as a whole. ”

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

2, 3, 4 Lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep exert epigenetic changes on DNA that influence how strongly or weakly ADHD genes are expressed. Levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin also increase with exercise, thus improving focus, working memory, and mood to enable better learning. 2013 Apr;33(3):417-25.