Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A comprehensive review published in 2016 —the title of which is a warning—found a wide variety of adverse side effects associated with paroxetine use, among them an increased risk for breast cancer and an association with birth defects in babies born to mothers on the drug. It did not look good. That looked worse.

Aging and mental health 133

Aging and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals 133

Mad in America

OCTOBER 5, 2024

We hope to learn together from this pilot project and use what we have learned to keep constructing more multifamily groups to counter the confusion, blame, shame and loneliness that interferes with the healing power of hope. In 2016, I was approached by a reporter, Nicolae Tanase, about writing a one-page essay on the meaning of life.

Hospitality 115

Hospitality Self-awareness Construction Education 115

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

A 2022 large study , lead-authored by Marc Stone at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, examined 232 drug-company trials on antidepressants submitted to the FDA between 1979 and 2016. Seriously depressed people routinely lack the energy for constructive behaviors such as physical exercise.

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Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

JANUARY 24, 2024

By blurring the lines between the literal and figurative, battlefield metaphors do more than explain similarities, they also construct them. As Dhruv Khullar observes, terms like ‘fighting’ or ‘battling’ tend to create a perception of health as adversarial, setting a confrontational tone.

Genetics and mental health 122

Genetics and mental health Poverty and mental health Resilience and coping Healthcare 122

Mad in America

MARCH 11, 2024

Spencer writes: ‘I am certain that some things died for me between my eighth and 13th birthdays…Innocence, trust, joy – all were trampled on and diminished in that outdated, snobbish, vicious little world that English high society constructed and endorsed, handed over to the care of people who could be very dangerous indeed.’

Eating disorders 122

Eating disorders Construction Legal Education 122

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

2016) and reports a higher (70%) degree of suicidal thoughts (Cassidy, Bradley, Bowen, Wigham, & Rodgers, 2018). These three constructs are what comprise so-called social competence. ASD people have a higher risk for suicide, especially women (Hirvikoski et al., Theory of mind, 2.) Emotion recognition and 3.)Executive Larsson, H.,

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Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40