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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. This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences.

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Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders As a parent, caregiver, or even a concerned family member, have you ever wondered whether the mood swings you witness in your loved one could be more than just emotional highs and lows?

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Spring Forward: A New Season for Your Mental Health

Montana Psychiatry

While the beauty of our state, from Billings to Bozeman, is undeniable, its understandable that winters extended gloom can affect your mood and mental health. The days are getting longer, the sun is shining brighter, and with it, you have an opportunity to refresh your mental health.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This idea went nowhere, until a birth defect crisis triggered by thalidomide, a sleeping pill, struck. Drugs like mirtazapine improve appetite and sleep; this is a tonic effect.

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

Mad in America

The mental health industry, including therapists, pharmaceutical companies, and even heads of departments and trauma experts, have a vested interest in diagnosing as many individuals as possible. This period also saw an end to mandatory military conscription, reducing the number of young people exposed to the horrors of war.

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How Functional Medicine Helps with Anxiety

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges, affecting millions of people worldwide. Functional medicine, however, takes a holistic approach to treating anxiety by identifying and targeting the underlying imbalances that contribute to mental health concerns.

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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. Psychiatry has been going down this mental disease road for 75 years or more, and I doubt, for psychiatry, that there is any turning back. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.