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Mental Health Staff Reluctant to Support Service Users in Tapering Antipsychotics, Study Finds

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However, a recent study reveals that these service users find little support from mental health professionals in this endeavor. Stop Gesture by Senior Doctor in Clinic The aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of mental health professionals on reducing the use of antipsychotic medications.

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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. In 2022 South Africa took the second-lowest position, with the UK ranking worst. The reasons for the nations poor mental health are multifaceted and difficult to resolve, however.

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New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information

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A vivid example is that healthcare professionals tend do classify the youngest in a classroom as having ADHD up to twice as often as their older classmates—due to their normal age-appropriate behavior: a stunning but long-known research finding that has insufficiently found its way to a broader audience.

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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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Theodoric of Arizona: State-Sanctioned Pharma-Based Pseudo-Doctor

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The opening roll of this classic skit: In the Middle Ages, medicine was still in its infancy. The skit conveys some examples of state-of-the-art healthcare in England, circa 1303 A.D.: This also applies to what is now called “mental illness.” Theodoric commented on all the progress Medicine had made by 1303 A.D.,

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Understanding Overdose Risks and Choosing the Right Addiction Therapy for Substance Abuse

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Substance abuse is one of the most critical public health crises in the United States, affecting millions of individuals, families, and communities. The impact of addiction goes beyond the individual – families, workplaces, healthcare systems, and society suffers.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

Mad in America

S ince the 1990s, weve been hearing about the amazing progress in mental healthcare: We learned that mental illnesses like depression are serious but treatable diseases. 3) America has focused its mental illness awareness, education, and screening campaigns on children. Suffering is the main reason people seek healthcare.