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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report. It’s clear South Africa is in crisis.

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Children Without Health Insurance in Connecticut

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of children under age 18 in the U.S. do not have health insurance coverage. of children (approximately 26,000) did not have health insurance coverage as of 2019 ( visit the CT Health Foundation’s website to learn more about who is uninsured in CT). Read a summary of the mental health parity law here.

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When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem

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M y first encounter with the psychiatric system in America was at the age of 18. With each step I took into the building, the kilos of shame I had felt since the age of five built up upon my back. He was amicable, handsome, and seemed to be around the age of twenty-five. 5 on the 4.0 I was a failure. I’ll call him Carlos.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

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BetterHelp and its competitors suggest they are the answer to a pressing societal mental health crisis. As a result, people are seeking mental health care at unprecedented rates, leaving many professionals too full to accept new patients, and creating an opening for new platforms.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

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The Office on Women’s Health emphasizes psychosocial causes as being significant in PPD. The Office on Women’s Health makes similar recommendations as in the StatPearls article, but they place an emphasis on therapy, support groups, self-care, social support before turning to medication.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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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]

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Stealing My Mother From Me: The Horrors of Conservatorship

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But I was doing my best to love and assist my aging mother with whatever aid I could find, and I had to take this seriously. But before long, her insurance announced they wouldn’t cover it (my mother “didn’t meet the criteria”), and so I went home and—following the hospital’s guidelines—secured the windows, the doors, the fridge.