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Why Women Are More Prone to Anxiety Disorders (and How to Cope)

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Introduction Research consistently shows that women experience anxiety disorders at nearly twice the rate of men. Women face unique challenges that can trigger or intensify anxiety symptoms, from hormonal fluctuations to societal pressures and relationship dynamics.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

Mad in America

In this blog, he addresses antidepressants versus CBT, the buzz around ketamine and esketamine, and the new frontier of drugs for postpartum depression. When antidepressants fail bring on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.

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STAR*D: The Harms of Orchestrated Psychiatric Fraud

Mad in America

Cognitive behavior therapy is described as effective, but only for mild depression—if you really need help, you are advised to choose drug treatment. So, NIH has joined NIMH in an unwarranted extolling of the value of antidepressant drugs and has compounded the fraud by adding unwarranted limitations on the value of therapy.