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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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In recent years, there has been a growing awareness surrounding the adverse long-term effects of antidepressants, particularly concerning treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD). Researchers surveyed 900 patients aged 18 to 64 who were taking antidepressants and categorized them based on their past and present use.

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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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Expressive Arts Therapy: Unlocking Emotional Wellness

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At LightWork Therapy and Recovery , a mental health treatment center in Woburn, Massachusetts, we’ve seen how powerful creative expression can be in treating mental health issues. This type of therapy is different from traditional talk therapy because it lets you explore your inner self through creative expression.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

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Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? One was the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , which presented the staff in a mental hospital as crazier than the patients and, frankly, brutal and oppressive. Has anyone investigated how alternative therapies were diminished and basically vanquished? But the U.K.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

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R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. The biomedical approach to distress has spread beyond the health/mental health sector and has seeped into every sector of the community.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

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His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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Modern Psychiatry and the Human Soul and Spirit: Is Our Freedom at Stake?

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The prescribing of medications to all ages has increased along with the suicide and homicide rate. To be a doctor aiming to practice the art of healing is almost impossible today due to the power of big pharma and insurance companies. Our Spirit is also referred to as our “Witness”, “Charioteer”, or “Higher Self”.