Tue.Feb 04, 2025

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Indoctrinating people into taking antidepressants

Critical Psychiatry

People are being misled about the nature of mental illness. Of course brain abnormalities can cause organic mental illness, such as delirium or dementia. But most presentations of mental health problems are not caused by brain abnormalities. Using depression as an example, people have been encouraged to see depression as a chemical imbalance in the brain.

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Psychiatry, Capitalism, and the Industrial Machine

Mad in America

B efore the industrial revolution, humanity’s relationship with labor, nature, and autonomy was markedly different. Most people lived in rural areas, their lives intertwined with the rhythms of nature. Families often worked together, and individuals were their own bosses, answering primarily to the dictates of the seasons and their immediate communities.

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Are Mushroom Supplements the Key to Boosting Your Brain Health?

Very Well Mind

Functional mushrooms supplements have become very popular due to their potential cognitive and neurological benefits. More clinical research is needed, but this article will help you decide if they could be right for you.

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Listening for multiple mental health disorders

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

Researchers develop machine learning tools that screen for co-morbid anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder using acoustic voice signals. The team spoke to participants with and without co-morbid AD/MDD and recorded them using a secure telehealth platform. The participants were given a semantic verbal fluency test, in which they were required to name as many animals as possible within a time limit.

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5 Unusual Signs of Hidden Tensions in Relationships You Might Be Overlooking

Very Well Mind

Hidden tensions are silent stressors that can put a strain on a relationship. Learn how to identify and work through them in your romantic and other relationships.

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