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Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders raises alarm about the widespread prescription of antidepressants for post-menopausal women between the ages of 45 and 64. We found that MHT was prescribed for 2.94 % of women aged 45–54 years old who had a record of CMHD. Current MIA supporters can log in below.(If
Mad in America
JANUARY 29, 2024
Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. I n a previous chapter I reported data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 11c that suicides for the years 2007 to 2017 increased by 30% while the teen rate (ages 10 to 24) increased by 56%! Moore, Joseph Glenmullen and Curt D.
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Mad in America
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
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Mad in America
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. These drugs have often become the sole treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders including clinical depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other approved and off-label uses of these drugs. Are they as effective and safe as psychiatry claims?
Mad in America
JUNE 26, 2024
J essica Schleider is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and founding director of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health ( www.schleiderlab.org ). Most recently, she’s the author of Little Treatments, Big Effects: How To Build Meaningful Moments that Can Transform Your Mental Health.
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
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
An analysis of adverse drug events submitted to the FDA between 2004 and 2009 identified 1,937 cases of violence, 387 of which were homicide. In 1990-92, 12% of the US population aged 18–54 years received treatment for emotional problems, which went up to 20% in 2001–2003. Brain-active substances can lead to violence, including murder.
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