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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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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. However, the following factors might be more plausible. Standard treatments like cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective for both MDD and GAD.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

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In this blog, he begins a discussion on depression and antidepressant drugs. 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.

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

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In this blog, he addresses antidepressants versus CBT, the buzz around ketamine and esketamine, and the new frontier of drugs for postpartum depression. The patient self-administers the esketamine nasal spray under the supervision of a healthcare provider in a certified doctor’s office or clinic. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.

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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. These international campaigns helped lead to the development of the National Depression Awareness Campaign, launched in 1994 by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia.