Thu.Feb 20, 2025

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Suicides Increase After National Suicide Prevention Introduced

Mad in America

I t can no longer be denied that antidepressants double suicides, both in children and adults. As I recently described on the Mad in America website, this has been shown in randomised trials and in the most rigorous meta-analysis I have seen of observational studies. However, psychiatric leaders have denied for over fifty years that depression drugs cause suicide.

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Internet Abuse & PTSD: Interview with NOW’s President Christian F. Nunes, MBA, MS, LCSW

Anxiety & Depression Association of America

The internet has changed the way we talk, learn, work, and connect. It has also created a place for abuse, especially against women. This abuse can have serious effects on mental health.

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I Tried Junk Journaling For a Month—Here’s What Happened

Very Well Mind

If you hate traditional journaling, it might be time for you to try junk journaling, a method of creative expression that involves repurposing all the junk from your daily life.

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The Power of Validation to Soothe Supersensors

ADDitude

When emotional earthquakes strike kids with ADHD, the feelings hit fast and hard, and the aftershocks often linger. These big feelings may trigger yelling, hitting, destroying, even self-harming, and, in later years, using drugs or alcohol. But studies suggest that we can teach kids effective skills for regulating their emotions , improving their behavior, engaging in active problem solving, and building positive relationships.

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Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder: Strategies for Women

Lightwork

Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs in a specific season, affecting millions of women in the United States. There are two main patterns of SAD: 1. Winter-Pattern SAD Symptoms begin in late fall or early winter Depression lifts during spring and summer months Most common form, affecting 5% of U.S. adults 2.

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Are we losing human connections while making digital ones?

Sanity Daily

5/5 - (1 vote) Its a no-brainer when we talk about how digital media has encapsulated our lives into tiny, palm-sized, six-inch mobile phones. Well, the size may vary depending on your choice of device, but the impact remains the same an overwhelming sense of being constantly plugged in, yet increasingly disconnected from the world around us. Its not just about how we consume digital media; its about how it slowly consumes us, reshaping our cognition, altering our perspectives, and quietly steal

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Wait, Did I Just Get Scammed? The Emotional Rollercoaster Before Recovery

Very Well Mind

Scams have become alarmingly common, and victims experience a range of emotions as they cope with their experience. Learn how to recover emotionally after being scammed.

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Sanewashing: What It Is and Why We Should Call It Something Else

Very Well Mind

Sanewashing is a buzzword term for when the media is perceived as downplaying radical aspects of someone's words, actions, or ideas to make them more palatable to the audience.

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